Abstract

BUJOSA VADELL, Lorenzo M. Detention from the Perspective of the Local Police in Spain. Rev. Crim. [online]. 2013, vol.55, n.2, pp.99-118. ISSN 1794-3108.

From the perspective of the local Police, the imputation and, particularly, the resulting application of the personal precautionary measure that the Law of Criminal Procedure denominates as "detention" in the Spanish criminal procedure sphere is examined in a critical way. The application of this highly urgent measure involving the deprivation of liberty implies a series of problems and specialties deserving close attention and juridical assessment, taking into account the unavoidable presuppositions, the aims pursued and the temporary limits, as well as the legal system aff ecting the person deprived from liberty. In addition, all of this must be tinged with specific notes where dealing with snap judgments or expeditious trials, along with prosecutions and convictions for terrorist off enses, international cooperation cases, aff aires where minors or foreign criminals are involved... Finally, this is an important issue from the point of view of the assessments of proofs obtained in these procedures and refers, specifically, to the use of depositions obtained by Police to base the final convicting as required.

Keywords : Criminal proceeding; arrest/detention; precautionary measures; procedural safeguards/procedural guarantees; police.

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