The pains of police custody for children: a recipe for injustice and exclusion?

Bevan, Miranda (2022) The pains of police custody for children: a recipe for injustice and exclusion? British Journal of Criminology, 62 (4). 805 – 821. ISSN 0007-0955

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Abstract

This article utilises the sociology of punishment, particularly the work of Gresham Sykes (1958), to develop an understanding of the particular pains of police custody for children, drawing on the first comprehensive study in England and Wales to review the police custody process as a whole from the perspective of the child suspect. By identifying the correspondences and contrasts between the experience of adult sentenced prisoners and child suspects in detention, the analysis illuminates the damaging ramifications of harsh custody processes for children, both in terms of their effective participation in the justice process and their ongoing attitudes towards the police.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://academic.oup.com/bjc
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	Social Policy
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited:	12 Oct 2021 15:30
Last Modified:	29 Nov 2024 01:28
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/112413

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