An Assessment of How Rights Are Read and Exercised at a Police Station in Spain

The European Union (EU) has recently reinforced its directives on the legal safeguards that should be guaranteed for individuals in police custody. This reform process has underlined the importance of detainees being informed of the exact reason for their detention and their procedural rights. This...

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1. VerfasserIn: Fernández-Molina, Esther (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Montero‑Molera, Alicia
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2022
In: European journal on criminal policy and research
Jahr: 2022, Band: 28, Heft: 4, Seiten: 641-659
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Detainees
Police Custody
Professional culture
Right to information
Right to legal counsel
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Zusammenfassung:The European Union (EU) has recently reinforced its directives on the legal safeguards that should be guaranteed for individuals in police custody. This reform process has underlined the importance of detainees being informed of the exact reason for their detention and their procedural rights. This study explores the process by which police inform individuals of their rights in Spain now that implementation of the new European rules is mandatory. Our findings suggest that the police meet their obligation to read the detainee’s rights but fail to ensure that these rights are understood. In addition, it has been found that the different individuals involved, that is, detainees, police officers and lawyers, have different expectations about the process of detention, which, on occasions, severely complicates the observation of some procedural safeguards.
ISSN:1572-9869
DOI:10.1007/s10610-021-09482-7