The Case for the Prosecution: Police Suspects and the Construction of Criminality

Nigel Fielding, Michael McConville, Andrew Sanders, Roger Leng

British Journal of Sociology · 1994 · 78 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Criminal justice in England and Wales constructing the suspect population in the police station building the case - interrogation building the case - police records and non-interrogation evidence grading and sorting the suspect population reviewing the case for the prosecution acquittals and convictions understanding the criminal justice process the problems of law reform.