250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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Within an international context in which the right to silence has long been regarded as sacrosanct, this book provides the first comprehensive, empirically-based analysis of the effects of curtailing the right to silence. The right to silence has served as the practical expression of the principles that an individual was to be considered innocent until proven guilty, and that it was for the... Read more
1. The Right of Silence- A Benchmark of Justice? 2. The Right of Silence -A Crime Control Target? 3. Police Custody, Cop Culture and the Caution 4. A ‘Fundamental Dilemma’: The Undermining of Legal Representation at the Police Station 5. Silence in Court Conclusion - The Transformed Landscape of the Criminal Trial
Biography
Hannah Quirk is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and Justice at the University of Manchester, UK.
