A visiting scheme envisaged to deter police misconduct in custody is not fit for purpose.
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Angiolini review calls for fundamental changes to police practice in the 21st century.
The new psychoactive drug Spice is taking its toll on frontline policing.
New research suggests 400 people have died from suspected suicide within 48 hours of leaving police detention in the last seven years.
People with mental health issues and learning disabilities should all have someone to make sure the police don’t take advantage of them during interviews.
As long ago as 1780, John Howard noted that prisons were housing more “idiots and lunatics” and emphasised the detrimental effects that this had on the prison regime for both sets of prisoners. But while…
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Coventry University
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Reader in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Deputy Director, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
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