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1 LMM108: Criminal Evidence 2 View Online 1. Skinns, L. **The right to legal advice in the police station: past, present and future [2011] Crim. L.R. 1, Criminal Law Review 2. Pleasence, P., Kemp, V. & Balmer, N. *The justice lottery? Police station advice 25 years on from PACE [2011] Crim. L.R., 1, Criminal Law Review 3. Thompson, S. Judicial gatekeeping of police-generated witness testimony, 2012, J. Crim. L. & Criminology, Vol. 102, Issue 2, 329. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 4. *Police and Criminal Evidence Act European Convention on Human Rights. Available at: PACE Codes of Practice. Available at: 1/15

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6 United Kingdom (2001) 5 E&P 145. International Journal of Evidence and Proof 37. Dennis, I. Silence in the police station: the marginalisation of section 34 [2002] Crim. L.R. 25. Criminal Law Review 38. *Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, ss *Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, ss 5 and Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, s *Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Codes of Practice - PACE Code C, para 10 and Annex B & C. Available at: Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction para. IV.44. Available at: Keane, Adrian & McKeown, Paul. The modern law of evidence. (Oxford University Press, 2012) /15

7 Criminal Justice Act James, J. Good character directions and blemished defendants [1996] 2 Web JCLI. Web Journal of Current Legal Issues Available at: Mirfield, P. Character and credibility [2009] Crim. L.R Criminal Law Review 47. Roberts, A. Case comment, Evidence: bad character [2012] Crim. L.R. 3, 215. Criminal Law Review 48. Keane, Adrian & McKeown, Paul. The modern law of evidence. (Oxford University Press, 2012). 49. Criminal Justice Act Police and Criminal Evidence Act Crinion, C. Adducing the good character of prosecution witnesses [2010] Crim. L.R. 7, 570. Criminal Law Review 52. 7/15

8 Munday, R. Cut-throat defences and the propensity to be untruthful under s.104 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 [2005] Crim. L.R Criminal Law Review 53. Elliott, D. W. Cut throat tactics: the freedom of an accused to prejudice a co-accused [1991] Crim. L.R. 5. Criminal Law Review 54. Evidence of Bad Character in Criminal Proceedings - Law Commission Report No. 273, para 1.7. Available at: ceedings.htm. 55. Keane, Adrian & McKeown, Paul. The modern law of evidence. (Oxford University Press, 2012). 56. September 2013 online update of The Modern Law of Evidence by Adrian Keane and Paul McKeown. 57. Spencer, J. R. & Flin, Rhona. The evidence of children: the law and the psychology. (Blackstone, 1993). 58. Criminal Justice and Public Order Act Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act /15

9 60. Police and Criminal Evidence Act Police and Criminal Evidence Act Ormerod, D. C. Sounds familiar? Voice identification evidence [2001] Crim. L.R Criminal Law Review 63. Lewis, P. A comparative examination of corroboration and caution warnings in prosecutions of sexual offences [2006] Crim. L.R Criminal Law Review 64. Warburton, D. & Lewis, T. Opinion evidence; admissibility of ad hoc expert voice recognition evidence: R v Flynn (2009) E. & P., 13(1), 50. International Journal of Evidence & Proof 65. O Floinn, M. & Ormerod, D. Social networking material as criminal evidence [2012] Crim. L.R Criminal Law Review 66. Davies, Graham & Beech, Anthony R. Forensic psychology: crime, justice, law, interventions. (Wiley, 2012) /15

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11 75. Police and Criminal Evidence Act GOV.UK - PACE Code D Ruling of Fulford J in R v Simpson, Sutton, Russell & Russell, Central Criminal Court, 15 October Bruce, V. Fleeting images of shade: Identifying people caught on video - The Psychologist, Vol. 11, Part 7, 331 ( July 1998). Available at: &ArticleID= Police and Criminal Evidence Act GOV.UK - PACE Code D Spencer, J. R. & Flin, Rhona. The evidence of children: the law and the psychology. (Blackstone, 1993). 82. Cornell University College of Human Ecology - Law, Psychology, and Human Development 11/15

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