Widen your reading with these suggested journal articles. Links have been provided for SAGE journal articles, enabling you to access for free. You may have access to non-SAGE journal articles via your university library.

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act regulates the treatment of suspects in police custody. Skinns’ article explores potential changes to detention period and considers how they might compare to periods before the Act was introduced:

Skinns, L. (2010) ‘Stop the Clock? Predictors of Detention without Charge in Police Custody Areas’, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 10: 303-320.

In two companion pieces, Loader and Mulcahy encouraged a conceptualisation of police powers that recognises that they have considerable influence that is only partially based on the legal status and powers of the office of constable. The political, social and ideological power of the police is explored through both articles:

Loader, I. and Mulcahy, A. (2001a) ‘The Power of Legitimate Naming: Part I – Chief Constables as Social Commentators in Post-War England’, British Journal of Criminology, 41: 41-55.

Loader, I. and Mulcahy, A. (2001b) ‘The Power of Legitimate Naming: Part II – Making Sense of the Elite Police Voice’, British Journal of Criminology, 41: 22-65.

Bowling and Philips provide a critical review of police stop-and-search practices, an aspect of powers that are among the most controversial aspects of contemporary police work:

Bowling, B. and Phillips, C. (2007) ‘Disproportionate and Discriminatory: Reviewing the Evidence on Police Stop and Search’, Modern Law Review, 70: 236-961.