What Happens in the Beginning, Matters in the End: Achieving Best Evidence with Child Suspects in the Police Station

Gooch, Kate and Von Berg, Piers (2019) What Happens in the Beginning, Matters in the End: Achieving Best Evidence with Child Suspects in the Police Station. Youth Justice, 19 (2). pp. 85-101. ISSN 1473-2254

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Abstract

During the last 30 years, the way in which children give evidence in the criminal justice system in England and Wales has been radically transformed. These reforms have, however, neglected child suspects in the police station. Recent piecemeal reforms to the statutory regime for children in police detention have overlooked a critical stage of the criminal justice process: the police interview. This article critically analyses the policy, practice and law surrounding police questioning of child suspects. It demonstrates that the absence of child-specific guidance when interviewing child suspects is not only out of step with wider reforms, but carries real risks regarding the effective communication and participation of child suspects.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1177/1473225419868840
Dates:	Date Event 1 August 2019 Accepted 28 August 2019 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	children, evidence, interviews, police, rights
Subjects:	CAH16 - law > CAH16-01 - law > CAH16-01-01 - law
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Law, Social and Criminal Justice
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	09 Oct 2023 15:34
Last Modified:	09 Oct 2023 15:34
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14821

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