1st Edition
Police and Government The Status and Accountability of the English Constable
By Geoffrey Marshall
Copyright 1965
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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Despite the recent outcrop of controversy about the police and their accountability in the 1960s, there was no work dealing in detail with the problems discussed in this book. Originally published in 1965, it examines an unresolved issue, namely the position of the police in the constitutional framework and the extent to which police activities are subject to control by the electorate and their... Read more
Preface. 1. Police Accountability: the Problem 2. The Office of Constable 3. Fisher v. Oldham and the Independence of Constables 4. Local and Parliamentary Responsibility for Police Before the 1964 Act 5. The Evidence to the Royal Commission 6. The Commission’s Report 7. The Police Act, 1964 8. Police Accountability: Some Conclusions. Appendix A: Judges’ Rules and Administrative Directions to the Police, 1964. Appendix B: The Police Act, 1964 (Extract of Main Sections). Appendix C: A National Police Force: Two Views. Bibliography. Index of Cases. General Index.
Biography
Geoffrey Marshall
