Jantien Leenknecht, PhD Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), KU Leuven, Institute for Social Law and Leuven Institute of Criminology The Directive 2016/800 of 11 May 2016 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings (Children Directive) is the first legislative instrument in EU criminal law that containsContinue reading “The Application in Youth Justice Proceedings of Directive 2016/800 on Procedural Safeguards for Juvenile Suspects or Defendants”
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Obtaining the Appropriate Adult: Disparity in Practice
Jennifer Holmes, PhD Candidate Centre for Criminology, University of South Wales, and Lecturer in Criminology and Policing, University of Gloucestershire The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Code of Practice C requires for an appropriate adult (AA) to be provided to juvenile or vulnerable adult suspects who have typically been arrested and detained in theContinue reading “Obtaining the Appropriate Adult: Disparity in Practice”
Defending Vulnerability 