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How the timing of police evidence disclosure impacts custodial legal advice

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Sukumar, Divya, Hodgson, Jacqueline and Wade, Kimberley A. (2016) How the timing of police evidence disclosure impacts custodial legal advice. The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, 20 (3). pp. 200-216. doi:10.1177/1365712716643548 ISSN 1365-7127.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1365712716643548

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Abstract

Presently, the police in England and Wales disclose their evidence at different points during the arrest and detention of a suspect. While the courts have not objected to this, past field research suggests that lawyers can only advise their clients accurately when the police disclose their evidence before the police interview. To examine this from a law – psychology perspective, we recruited 100 criminal defence lawyers to participate in an online study. Lawyers read fictional scenarios and provided custodial legal advice to a hypothetical client (Christopher) when given either pre-interview disclosure or disclosure at various points during the police interview (early, gradually, or late). Lawyers given pre-interview disclosure provided considerably more informed legal advice compared to those who were only provided with disclosure during the hypothetical police interview. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this paper provides further evidence that pre-interview disclosure is essential for lawyers to deliver case-specific legal advice to suspects.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Journal or Publication Title: The International Journal of Evidence & Proof
Publisher: Vathek Publishing
ISSN: 1365-7127
Official Date: July 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
July 2016Published
17 March 2016Accepted
Volume: 20
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 200-216
DOI: 10.1177/1365712716643548
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 29 March 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 8 July 2016

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