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Police powers and citizens' rights : discretionary decision making in police detention / Layla Skinns.
- Format:
- Book
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Skinns, Layla, author.
- Series:
- Routledge frontiers of criminal justice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Detention of persons.
- Police.
- Civil rights.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 232 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Theorising police powers and citizens' rights
- The police in context: neoliberalism in the selected countries
- The police in context: patterns of policing in the selected countries
- Inside police detention: conditions, routines, rituals and rules
- Abiding by the rules? Legality in police custody
- Styles of authority
- Meeting individual needs: vulnerable detainees in police custody
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780415642309
- 0415642302
- OCLC:
- 1102761639
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