Suspect Community: People's Experiences of the Prevention of Terrorism Act

by Paddy Hillyard

Overview

'This book deserves fulsome praise for challenging the academic silence surrounding this area and for reminding us that it is possible to conduct rigorous, scholarly and interventionist work without becoming dependent or involved with the managerial gatekeepers of the criminal justice system.' Journal of Law and Society

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745307268
Publisher:	Pluto Press
Publication date:	05/20/1993
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	5.32(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

No biog

Table of Contents

	About Liberty and Northern Ireland	xi
	Preface	xiii
1	The Study in Context
	Introduction	1
	Background and History	2
	Suspect Legislation	4
	Official Reviews	8
	The Origins and Aims of the Project	9
	The Structure of the Book	12
2	Policing Ports and Airports: Examination and Detention Powers
	Introduction	13
	National Ports Scheme	14
	National Joint Unit	16
	Unfettered Discretion to Examine	18
	Examination Rules	19
	Power to Detain Pending Conclusion of the Examination	22
	Power to Question	23
	Powers to Demand to See All Relevant Material	24
	Search Powers including Strip Searches	24
	Power to Retain Personal Documents	25
	The Duty to Comply	25
	Detention Power	26
	The Number of People Examined	27
	The Number of People Detained	30
	Conclusions	32
3	Examinations and Detentions at Ports and Airports: People's Experiences
	Introduction	34
	Profile of the Cases	35
	The Examination Process	37
	A 50 Minute Examination at an Airport	39
	Other People's Experiences of Being Stopped	43
	Women and Children and the Examination Process	49
	Examination Conditions	51
	Examination Questions	52
	Examining Personal Documents	54
	Seeking Redress	58
	Examining Suspicion	59
	Impact of Examinations	64
	Conclusions	65
4	Arrest, Search and Detention Powers
	Introduction	68
	Arrest Powers	68
	Search Powers	72
	Detention Rules	73
	Detention Rights	77
	Detention Conditions	78
	Interrogations	79
	Fingerprinting, Intimate and Strip Searches	80
	Length of Detention	81
	Summary of the Differences between a PTA and a PACE Detention	83
	Equal Before the Law	85
	The Use of Arrest Powers	86
	The Use of Extended Powers of Detention	88
	Outcome of Detentions	90
	Conclusions	93
5	Arrest and Detention under the PTA: Two Case Studies
	Introduction	95
Case 1	Sally's Experience	96
Case 2	Teresa's Experience	111
6	Arrests: People's Experiences
	Introduction	121
	Profile of the Cases	121
	Arrests at Home	123
	Arrests on the Streets	127
	Arrests at Other Places	131
	The Impact on Third Parties	132
	Search of Premises	135
	Material Removed	138
	The Journey to the Police Station	139
	Notification of Arrest	140
	Media Coverage of PTA Arrests	140
	Conclusions	147
7	In Custody: People's Experiences
	Introduction	149
	Initiation into Custody	150
	Detention Conditions	160
	Detention Regimes	169
	Conclusions	181
8	Interrogation: Gathering Information
	Introduction	183
	The Context	184
	Frequency and Length of Interrogations	187
	Interrogation Techniques	188
	Anti-Irish Racism	191
	Types of Questions	193
	Recruiting Informers	195
	Conclusions	196
9	Exclusion: The Law
	Introduction	198
	The Power to Exclude	198
	Making the Decision	202
	The Submission to the Secretary of State	203
	Failure to Comply	206
	The Lifespan of an Exclusion Order	206
	The Use of Exclusion Orders in Britain	207
	Notification of Rights and Power of Removal	207
	Representation	209
	Reconsidering the Decision	212
	The Review Process	212
	Conclusions	214
10	Internal Exile: People's Experiences
	Introduction	217
	Notification of Exclusion	217
	Explanation and Knowledge of Rights	219
	Making Representations before Removal	220
	The Journey	224
	Representations after Removal	227
	Conclusions	236
11	The Impact of the Acts
	Introduction	238
	Physical and Mental Health	238
	Family and Social Life	242
	Employment	245
	Freedom of Movement	247
	Financial Consequences	249
	Confidence in the Law	250
	Politics	252
	Conclusions	255
12	An Assessment
	Introduction	256
	The Construction of a Suspect Community	257
	Dual System of Criminal Justice	261
	The Terror of Prevention	262
	Normalisation of Emergency Legislation	263
	Violation of Civil Liberties and Human Rights	264
	Terrorism and Democracy	265
	Conclusion	273
Appendix I	Research Methodology Used in this Study	274
Appendix II	Exclusion Order Notice under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989	276
	Notes and References	278
	Bibliography	291
	Index	295