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YOUNG OFFENDERS: IN CARE IN A POLICE CELL

01 January 1991

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YOUNG OFFENDERS: IN CARE IN A POLICE CELL
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JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 015129 , Acc Date = 09-Dec-89
S Waters
Social Wk Today, 10 Aug 1989 20(48) pp24-25

Examines the interpretation by social services and the police of
the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which was introduced
in 1986. Suggests that the police may be acting unlawfully when
they detain young people in a police cell following a charge, and
that judicial guidelines are urgently needed.

crime, custody

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