PACE then and now: Twenty-one years of ‘rebalancing’

Cape, Ed (2008) PACE then and now: Twenty-one years of ‘rebalancing’. In: Cape, Ed and Young, R. , eds. (2008) Regulating Policing: The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Past, Present and Future. Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 191-220. ISBN 978-1-84113-861-9

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Abstract

This chapter explores the development of police powers of investigation, and suspects' rights, in the 21 years following enactment of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. It concludes that "Ever since PACE was enacted, but particularly in the last decade, that regulatory structure, which in broad terms was designed to reflect the principles espoused by the RCCP [Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure], has been continually ‘re-balanced’". Further, 'whilst entrenching human rights is a necessary requirement, it is not sufficient. What is required if the drift towards greater and greater police control of citizens is to be halted is a commitment to both the principles espoused by the RCCP and to basing and evaluating change on thorough and objective evidence.'

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	police, regulation, suspects, police station
Faculty/Department:	Faculty of Business and Law ~Pre-2012 Faculty Structure > Faculty of Business and Law
ID Code:	10487
Deposited By:	Professor Ed Lloyd-Cape
Deposited On:	22 Jul 2010 10:52
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2012 15:41