The social construction of formal adult cautioning by police : an ethnographic study

Since its official introduction in England and Wales during 1985, the formal cautioning of adult offenders by police has grown to become a significant mechanism by which certain offenders are diverted from the criminal justice system. Currently some 30% of adult male offenders and 45% of adult femal...

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Main Author: Spinks, Tony
Published: Middlesex University 2001
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.568435