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Report 66 (1990) - Criminal Procedure: Police Powers of Detention and Investigation After Arrest

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    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons
    3.55-3.56, 5.366, 5.47-5.50, 6.32
    Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
    3.55, 5.50
    Arrest
      Checklist for safety of prisoners,
    3.61
      disputes about,
    1.18
      expedient,
    4.42-4.43
      justification for,
    3.5-3.7, 3.20, 3.24
      law of,
    1.13-1.28, 3.3-3.5, 3.8, 3.18, 3.27-3.28, 4.4, 4.76, 6.38
      lawfulness of,
    4.29, 6.34
      purpose of,
    1.12, 1.36
      reform of law of,
    3.12
      research needed on,
    7.3-7.6
      questioning, for purposes of,
    3.19, 3.23
      see also Custody,
      statutory provisions on,
    1.15-1.17, 1.19, 1.21, 1.45
      timing of,
    1.52, 3.3, 4.37
      transmission to police station after,
    3.48-3.52, 4.30
      Trauma of,
    5.2, 5.15
    Bail
    1.3, 1.25, 1.40, 1.43, 1.45-1.47, 1.49-1.50, 4.52, 4.59, 4.67, 5.25, 7.1, 7.3
      police,
    1.50, 3.3, 3.4, 4.40-4.41
    Blackburn Royal Commission
    1.52
    Cautioning of suspects
    1.7, 1.22, 1.64-1.65, 3.28, 3.38-3.47, 3.61, 4.48, 5.9, 7.5
      community languages, in,
    3.45, 5.41
      effectiveness of,
    3.41
      electronic recording of,
    6.16
      failure to ensure,
    3.47
      PACE, under,
    3.40
      United States, in the,
    3.40
    Charges
      determination of,
    1.3, 1.28, 1.51, 3.5, 4.22, 4.27
      justice, by a,
    1.36, 1.43, 4.59
      Police, by,
    1.6, 1.22, 1.28, 1.39, 1.46, 1.49, 1.50, 3.6-3.7, 3.26, 3.28, 3.40, 3.43, 3.60, 4.11, 4.19, 4.28, 4.40, 4.41, 4.45, 4.67, 5.2, 7.3
      see also Holding charges
    Children
    3.56, 4.26, 5.47-5.50
    Codes of Practice
    1.66, 3.40, 3.44, 3.59, 4.34, 5.25, 6.1-6.7, 6.18
    Common law rights and safeguards
    1.33-1.61, 1.64, 3.2-3.3, 3.11, 3.28, 4.3-4.6, 5.1-5.8.
      See also Rights
    Confessions
    1.2, 1.3, 1.31, 1.43, 1.58, 1.69, 3.10, 3.41, 3.47, 5.09, 5.10, 6.9, 6.11, 6.20-6.32, 6.34, 6.37-6.41, 7.5
      children, by,
    5.47
      electronic recording of,
    6.8-6.18, 6.46-6.48
      see also Evidence, Interrogation
    Costs
      Legal aid, of,
    5.34
      rights and safeguards, of,
    5.5-5.8
      trials, of,
    3.10
    Criminal investigations
      control by police of,
    5.1-5.2
      informality of,
    1.60, 1.62-1.63, 1.66, 1.72, 3.8-3.9
      pre-arrest and post-charge,
    4.15
    Custody
    3.27-3.37
      Aboriginal deaths in,
    3.55, 5.50
      extension of, see Detention warrants
      Gundy case, and,
    3.35
      reviews of,
    4.23, 4.28-4.32, 4.72-4.75
      see also Detention for questioning
      see also Voluntary attendance
      “trapdoor” schemes, and,
    4.73
      treatment of persons in,
    3.53-3.57, 5.45-5.46
      Victorian definition of,
    3.31-3.33
    Custody officers
    3.61, 4.23, 4.24, 4.28-4.32,4.38, 4.72
    Custody records
    3.58-3.61, 4.38
    Detention for questioning
      Aboriginal persons, of,
    3.55-3.56, 4.26
      children, of,
    3.56, 4.26
      complaints regarding,
    1.54
      extension of, see Detention warrants
      grounds for,
    4.22, 4.27
      historically, 1.8-1.11
      holding charges and,
    3.24-3.26
      illegal,
    3.3, 4.10, 4.16, 4.42-4.43, 6.34, 6.38, 6.40-6.41
      no general power of,
    1.20-1.53, 1.62, 1.70, 3.5, 3.12, 3.19-3.20, 3.23, 4.11
      PACE, under,
    4.72-4.75, 6.1
      record-keeping, and,
    3.49
      research on, need for,
    7.5
      see also Confessions
      see also Interrogation
      see also Fixed Time scheme
      see also Reasonable Time scheme
      sentence, effect on,
    7.1
      statutory provisions on,
    3.21-3.22
      treatment of persons in,
    3.53-3.57, 5.45-5.46
    Detention warrants
    4.12, 4.20, 4.37, 4.44-4.76
      alternative systems of issuing,
    4.72-4.76
      applications for,
    4.49-4.58
      costs,
    4.57-4.58
      evidence on oath for,
    4.63
      external monitoring of systems of,
    4.70-4.71
      forms for,
    4.69
      judicial officers, and,
    4.50-4.54, 4.75-4.76
      nature of proceedings for,
    4.59-4.69
      onus issues, and,
    4.59-4.60
      period covered by,
    4.67
      refusal to issue,
    4.68
      right to be heard, and,
    4.64-4.66
      telephone, by,
    4.49-4.56
      tendering of,
    6.49
      “trapdoor” provisions, and,
    4.73
    Diverters and pagers
    4.55
    Electronic recording of interviews
    6.8-6.18, 6.46-6.48
    Empirical follow-up study
    7.2-7.8
    Evidence
      detention warrants, and,
    6.49
      discretion regarding admission of,
    1.47, 1.57-1.58, 6.27-6.45
      exclusion of,
    1.47, 1.53, 1.55, 4.4, 4.9, 4.16, 6.19, 6.35-6.36, 6.43-6.45
      illegally obtained,
    6.34-6.45
      inadmissible,
    6.20-6.26
      United States position on,
    1.56, 6.35, 6.45
      “voluntary”,
    1.58
    Exclusionary rules. See Evidence
    Extension of detention. See Detention warrants
    Fixed time scheme
    4.1-4.21, 4.38
      ALRC recommendations on,
    4.17
      commences with custody,
    3.27, 3.30, 3.33
      extension under,
    4.20, 4.44-4.76
      Gibbs Committee recommendations on,
    4.17
      NSW police view of,
    4.19
      record-keeping, necessity of,
    3.58
      See also Time-out provisions
      South Australia, in,
    4.17
      Victorian experience with,
    4.18, 4.35, 4.46-4.48
    Gibbs Committee (Review of Commonwealth Criminal Law)
    1.71, 3.20, 3.37, 3.42, 4.17, 4.26, 4.35, 4.37, 4.64, 5.12, 5.48
    Guilty pleas
    1.61, 3.10, 4.09, 6.13
    Habeas corpus, writ of
    1.54
    Historical background of arrest and detention
    1.1-1.11
    Holding charges
    3.24-3.26
    Identification parades
    1.39, 1.51
    International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
    1.65, 3.16, 3.53
    Interpreters
      cautioning, use of in,
    3.45
      right to,
    5.37-5.42
    Interrogation
    1.1-1.4, 1.6-1.11, 1.21, 1.31, 1.33, 1.35, 1.38, 1.41, 1.42, 1.43, 1.47, 1.51, 1.59, 1.70, 3.3, 3.12, 3.30, 3.46, 3.58, 4.6, 4.35-4.37, 4.41, 4.45, 4.47, 4.49, 5.5, 5.27-5.28, 5.38-5.39, 6.22, 6.23, 6.48
      electronic recording of,
    6.8-6.18, 6.48
      see also Confessions
      see also Detention for questioning
      see also Evidence
      see also Police
      vulnerable persons, of,
    5.39, 5.47-5.52
    Investigative procedures
    4.33-4.34
    Justices
      availability of,
    1.44, 1.49, 1.51, 4.4-4.5
      historical role of,
    1.1-1.11, 1.50, 4.6
      monitoring of system by,
    4.38
      see also Magistrates
      warrants, issued by,
    4.50, 4.52-4.54, 4.56, 4.58, 4.69, 4.71, 4.74
    Legal aid
      cooperation of suspects, and,
    5.26
      costs of,
    5.34
      duty solicitor schemes and,
    5.33
      England and Wales, in,
    5.26-5.29, 5.36
      modes of delivery of,
    5.35
      notice of right to,
    5.30
      privacy, and,
    5.30
      purpose of,
    5.24-5.25
      qualified right to,
    5.31
      quality of,
    5.27-5.28
      Rights to,
    1.64-1.65, 3.28, 3.51, 4.20,4.36, 4.48, 4.65, 4.66, 4,73, 5.13, 5.20-5.36, 7.5
      take-up rates of,
    5.29
      telephone, by,
    5.36
    Liability of the Crown
    3.57
    Magistrates
    1.4-1.6, 4.6
      availability of,
    1.49
      historical role of,
    1.4-1.6
      justices, relations with,
    4.52
      monitoring by,
    4.38, 7.8
      see also Justices
      warrants, issued by,
    4.51, 4.72
    Migrants, special problems of
    5.52
    Ombudsman, role of the
    1.54, 1.56, 6.35
    Police
      civil actions against,
    1.54, 1.56
      complaints against,
    1.54
      control of investigations,
    5.1-5.2
      development of modern forces,
    1.6
      disciplinary actions against,
    1.54, 1.56
      investigatory role of,
    1.6-1.8
      judicial supervision of,
    1.59-1.61
      “new professionalism” of,
    4.14-4.15
      Ombudsman, and the,
    1.54, 1.56
      responsibility for persons in custody,
    3.53-3.57
      see also Criminal investigations
      see also Interrogations
      verbals, allegations of,
    6.9
    Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
    (UK) (PACE), 1.26, 1.60, 3.40, 3.56, 3.59, 3.60, 4.29-4.31, 4.46, 4.51, 4.64, 4.72-4.75, 5.18, 5.22, 5.26-5.27, 5.29, 6.1, 6.23, 6.45, 7.1
    Police Commissioner’s Instructions
    1.41, 1.65, 3.40, 3.55-3.56, 4.28, 5.44, 5.46, 6.2, 6.6-6.7
    Post-detention procedures
    4.40-4.41
    Presumption of innocence
    3.15
    Questioning of suspects. See Confessions, Detention for questioning, and Interrrogation
    Reasonable time
      factors,
    4.24-4.27
      Schemes,
    4.8-4.11
      United States law on,
    1.27
      Victorian law on,
    3.3, 4.8, 4.10, 4.18
    Reception of English common law
    1.11
    Review of new system
    4.21
    Rights
      arrest, of,
    1.8
      caution, to,
    1.64, 3.41-3.42
      consular assistance, to,
    3.44, 5.43-5.44
      contact family, to,
    3.44, 5.15
      costs of ensuring,
    5.4, 5.6, 5.8
      humane treatment, to,
    5.45-5.46
      interpreter, to an,
    5.37-5.42
      language of, the,
    1.64, 5.1
      legal assistance, to,
    1.64, 1.65, 3.44, 5..20-5.36
      property, over,
    7.4
      qualifications on,
    5.7, 5.19, 5.31, 5.44
      see also Legal aid
      silence, to,
    1.64, 5.9-5.14
      suspects, of,
    1.69, 3.39, 3.41, 5.8, 5.13
      take-up of,
    5.29, 7.5
      telephone call, to,
    1.64, 3.44
    Sexual assault victims
    4.39
    Star Chamber
    1.1, 6.22
    Time-out” provisions
    3.30, 3.36, 4.17-4.20, 4.35-4.39, 4.47, 4.49, 6.49,7.1
      South Australia, in,
    4.17
      Victoria, in,
    4.47
    United States Constitution Bill of Rights
    1.27, 1.56, 6.35
    Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    3.53
    Voluntary attendance
      generally,
    3.27-3.37
      Scotland, in,
    3.30
      see also Custody
      Victoria, in,
    3.31-3.33
    Vulnerable persons in police custody
    5.47-5.52
      see also Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons
      see also Children
      see also Migrants

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