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• Title:Silence and confessions : the suspect as the source of evidence / Susan Easton, Reader in Law, Brunel Law School, UK.
  
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• Author/Creator:Easton, Susan M., author.
  
• Published/Created:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K5473 .E17 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 09-15-2024
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Confession (Law)
  Confession (Law)--Great Britain.
  
• Description:xviii, 256 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Series:Online access with purchase: Palgrave Connect (Social Sciences Collection)
  
• Summary:"Silence and Confessions examines the treatment of suspects in interrogation and explores issues surrounding the right to silence and confession evidence. Employing a socio-legal approach, it draws from empirical research in the social sciences including social psychology to understand the challenges in obtaining reliable evidence and maintaining the integrity of the interrogation process. Providing unique insights into the process of interrogation and the experiences of the suspect during interview, this book highlights the dangers facing vulnerable suspects and the problems of identifying and preventing false confessions. It approaches the topic of the right to silence broadly and includes in-depth discussion of the problems with confession evidence, critiquing the discouragement of suspects from exercising their right to silence. Easton's examination of the relationship between the state and the suspect, the equality of arms principle and the problem of reconciling competing interests and principles in the criminal justice process will be essential reading for scholars in Criminology, Criminal Justice and Law, particularly those interested in evidence and law and society."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781137333810 (hardback)
  1137333812 (hardback)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  2. Debate on the Right to Silence
  Introduction
  Silence in court
  Silence during police interrogation
  debate on the right to silence
  Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order
  Home Office Working Group on the Right to Silence
  attack on the right to silence in the 1990s
  Advance disclosure
  statutory duty to answer questions
  Silence at common law
  Conclusion
  3. Impact of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
  Introduction
  Silence in court
  Pre-trial silence
  Interpreting Section 34
  effect of legal advice
  Exercising the right to silence
  Conclusion
  4. Influence of International Human Rights Standards on the Treatment of Suspects
  Introduction
  key sources of international human rights law
  European Convention on Human Rights
  interrogation of suspects
  Conditions in detention and extended detention
  privilege against self-incrimination and the presumption of innocence
  Conclusion
  5. Legal Framework of Interrogation
  Introduction
  audio and visual recording of interviews
  Access to legal advice
  quality of legal advice
  Informal interviews
  Voluntary confessions
  Exclusionary discretion
  Vulnerable suspects
  Miranda V Arizona and its legacy
  experience of Canada
  Conclusion
  6. False Confessions
  Introduction
  Miscarriages of justice
  Reviewing miscarriages of justice
  Waiver: the dangers of speaking
  False confessions
  typology of false confessions
  Tunnel vision in interrogations
  dynamics of interrogation
  Conclusion
  7. Suspects and `Suspect Communities'
  Introduction
  Policing Northern Ireland
  Detention and questioning in Northern Ireland
  use of emergency powers
  Contemporary counter-terrorism measures
  Control Orders and TPIMs
  use of Schedule 7 and Section 44
  disparate impact of counter-terrorism measures
  policing of black and minority ethnic communities
  Conclusion
  8. Body as Evidence
  Introduction
  provision of forensic science services
  admissibility of DNA evidence
  privilege against self-incrimination
  Obtaining and retaining bodily samples
  Conclusion
  9. Conclusion
  Introduction
  Corroboration of confession evidence
  Future directions.