Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE

Informed by data extracted from 30,921 police electronic custody records, drawn from 44 police stations across four police force areas and including 5153 records of juveniles aged 10 to 17 years, this article examines the take-up of legal advice by children and young people in police stations in Eng...

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Main Authors: Kemp, Vicky, Pleasence, Pascoe, Balmer, Nigel
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Published: Sage 2011
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40912/
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description Informed by data extracted from 30,921 police electronic custody records, drawn from 44 police stations across four police force areas and including 5153 records of juveniles aged 10 to 17 years, this article examines the take-up of legal advice by children and young people in police stations in England and Wales. There are wide variations in the extent to which juveniles request and receive legal advice when compared to adults but also between juveniles of different ages. Such variations are explored both in relation to the age of detainees and the type and seriousness of offence and case disposal. Also examined are variations based on different police force areas. The implications emanating from children’s differential access to legal advice at police stations are considered in relation to children’s rights.
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spelling nottingham-409122020-05-04T16:30:30Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40912/ Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE Kemp, Vicky Pleasence, Pascoe Balmer, Nigel Informed by data extracted from 30,921 police electronic custody records, drawn from 44 police stations across four police force areas and including 5153 records of juveniles aged 10 to 17 years, this article examines the take-up of legal advice by children and young people in police stations in England and Wales. There are wide variations in the extent to which juveniles request and receive legal advice when compared to adults but also between juveniles of different ages. Such variations are explored both in relation to the age of detainees and the type and seriousness of offence and case disposal. Also examined are variations based on different police force areas. The implications emanating from children’s differential access to legal advice at police stations are considered in relation to children’s rights. Sage 2011-03-08 Article PeerReviewed Kemp, Vicky, Pleasence, Pascoe and Balmer, Nigel (2011) Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE. Youth Justice, 11 (1). pp. 28-46. ISSN 1747-6283 children’s rights decision-making doli incapax final warnings police station legal advice http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1473225410394288 doi:10.1177/1473225410394288 doi:10.1177/1473225410394288
spellingShingle children’s rights
decision-making
doli incapax
final warnings
police station legal advice
Kemp, Vicky
Pleasence, Pascoe
Balmer, Nigel
Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE
title Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE
title_full Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE
title_fullStr Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE
title_full_unstemmed Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE
title_short Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE
title_sort children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from pace
topic children’s rights
decision-making
doli incapax
final warnings
police station legal advice
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40912/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40912/