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Police Force Cautioning - Policy and Practice

NCJ Number
98683
Journal
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Dated: (May 1985) Pages: 81-92
Author(s)
G Laycock; R Tarling
Date Published
1985
Length
12 pages
Annotation
In June 1984 the Home Office published a Consultative Document entitled Cautioning by the Police. This followed the deliberations of a working group set up to 'recommend a basis for more consistent and effective police cautioning practice'.
Abstract
The research described in this article was commissioned by the Working Group on Cautioning to consider the discrepancy in police force cautioning rates and the extent to which it resulted from differences in force policy and practice. (Author abstract)