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Police Custody
Vulnerability in police custody : police decision-making and the appropriate adult safeguard.
eBook - Dehaghani, R. 2019. Abingdon: Routledge.
'This isn’t just a case of taking someone to the hospital’: Police approaches and management of situations involving persons with mental ill health in the custody suite and beyond.
Book Chapter - Weston, S. and Trebilcock, J. In: Policing and mental health: Theory, policy and practice. Moss, Kate, (Ed); Pease, Ken G., (Ed). Abingdon: Routledge.
UK police custody officers’ psychosocial hazard exposures and burnout.
Article - Houdmont, J.
Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 2013, Vol. 36, Issue 3, p. 620-635.
Deaths of blacks in police custody: a black British perspective of over 50 years of police racial injustices in the United Kingdom.
Article - Shaka, Y. 2021. EUREKA: Social and Humanities, 4, 33-45.
Police custody: governance, legitimacy and reform in the criminal justice process.
Book - Skinns, L. 2011. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
Custody visiting: The watchdog that didn't bark.
Article - Kendall, J.
Criminology & Criminal Justice: An International Journal. 2022, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p.115-131.
Deaths after police contact: constructing accountability in the 21st century.
Book - Baker, D. 2016. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Exploring the intersections between novel psychoactive substances (NPS) and other substance use in a police custody suite setting in the north east of England.
Article - Addison, M. et al.
Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy. 2018, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p.313-319.
Regulating police detention: voices from behind closed doors.
Book - Kendall, J. and Sanders, A. 2018. Bristol: Policy Press.
"Treat them as a human being": dignity in police detention and its implications for 'good' police custody.
Article - Skinns, L.
British Journal of Criminology, 2020, Vol. 60 Issue 6, p.1667-1688.
Variation in detainee risk assessment within police custody across England and Wales.
Article - Stoneman, M. et al.
Policing & Society. 2019, Vol. 29 Issue 8, p.951-967.
Deaths in police custody: Government Update - 2021.
Report - Home Office. 2021. London: Home Office.
A pilot study of co-produced autism training for police custody staff: evaluating the impact on perceived knowledge change and behaviour intentions.
Article - Holloway, C. et al.
Policing: An International Journal, 15 March 2022.
Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health
Journal - Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health.
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