Regulating policing
Subtitle: the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 past, present and future
By: edited by Ed Cape and Richard Young
Publisher: Hart; Hart Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781847314543; 9781841138619
Subjects: LAW; Criminal Law; Great Britain; Law and legislation; Criminal investigation; Police power; General
Description: The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) was an innovative and controversial attempt to regulate the investigation of crime. Two decades on, it now operates in a very different context than in the mid-1980s. Whilst legal advice has become established as a basic right of those arrested and detained by the police, the police service has become increasingly professionalised but also increasingly driven by government objectives and targets. The Crown Prosecution Service, originally established to separate prosecution from investigation, is now becoming involved in the investigative process.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.