Law & Order Policy 1979-1987

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Law & Order Policy 1979-1987
- 1984 Police and Criminal Evidence Act
  - Stop and Search powers extended
  - With permission of magistrate could question suspects for extended periods of time
  - Compulsory recording of interviews
- Increase in the size of the police force
  - 1979-1983 police numbers rose from 110,000 to 120,000
  - 1979-1984 expenditure doubled
  - 16% rise in police pay
- 8 new prisons & 4 detention centers built
- 1982 Criminal Justice Act
  - Greater power to imprison offenders & lengthen sentences
  - Youth custody system for very young offenders
    - 'Short sharp shock'
    - Sociologists convinced it wouldn't work
      - Detention centers would becoming 'breeding grounds'
- 1986 Public Order Act
  - Response to 1984 Miners Strike
  - Police could stop marches and demonstrations to stop breaches of the peace
  - Limited the power of trade union pickets
- New training for police
  - Could almost become Parliamentary force when facing major public disorder
Increase in the size of the police force
- 1979-1983 police numbers rose from 110,000 to 120,000
- 1979-1984 expenditure doubled
- 16% rise in police pay

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