Abstract
This chapter describes the management of suspects, which requires management of risk and community impact and exploitation of evidence-gathering opportunities available, from arrest and forensic recovery through to detention management and interviewing. The term ‘suspect’ implies there are reasonable grounds to suspect a person's involvement in an offence. It affords them protection and rights under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), including legal advice and being cautioned before questioning. The investigative interviewing of a suspect is a vitally important part of the process in any criminal investigation. The interview allows the suspect to establish their position in relation to the investigation, the investigator to develop further lines of enquiry, and provides an opportunity to present the gathered investigative material to the suspect. In those circumstances where a guilty person admits their involvement, it enables the investigator to probe for the required detail that allows the correct means of case disposal to be taken.
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