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POLICE POWERS

01 January 1991

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POLICE POWERS
refdoc May=1991
JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 82-1872
M ZANDER
POL Q, APR/JUN 1982 53(2) PP128-143

COMMENTS ON THE LACK OF FIRM EVIDENCE ON THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN POLICE POWERS AND POLICE ACTION AND LOOKS AT
SOME ASPECTS OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
REPORT PUBLISHED IN 1981. THESE INCLUDE DETENTION IN THE POLICE
STATION, THE TAPE-RECORDING OF INTERVIEWS, THE VOLUNTARINESS OF
STATEMENTS, THE RIGHT OF SILENCE, POWERS TO STOP AND DETAIN,
POWERS TO STOP AND SEARCH, AND POWERS OF ARREST.

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