Skinns, L. orcid.org/0000-0003-2919-1181 (2024) Setting a new agenda: “appreciating” and improving Garda custody in Ireland. In: Daly, Y., (ed.) Police Custody in Ireland. Routledge , pp. 15-38. ISBN 9781032469713
Abstract
In this chapter, I take an “appreciative” and comparative approach to assessing police custody in Ireland, using this to map out an agenda for the future. It has two main aims. First, I critically assess key features of garda custody in Ireland, examining not only strengths but also weaknesses with reference to academic literature on police custody in Ireland, and in England and Wales, as well as the Garda Inspectorate’s Delivering Custody Services report published in 2022. These features include risk assessment, custodial legal advice, detainee dignity and vulnerability, and material conditions. Second, I map out an agenda for the future of garda custody in Ireland, examining some of the strengths that can be built on in order to instigate change. Here, I draw on evidence and recommendations from a five-year mixed-method ESRC-funded study which identified the importance of detainee dignity and favourable material conditions to “good” police custody.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 Layla Skinns. This chapter is available open access under the Creative Commons license CC BY NC ND (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2024 12:42 |
Last Modified: | 01 May 2024 16:04 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.4324/9781003384021-2 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:209273 |
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