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Fitness to be interviewed and the appropriate adult scheme: a survey of police surgeons' attitudes

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Abstract

Police surgeons are frequently asked by the police to assess whether suspects held in police custody are fit to be interviewed. However, there are no established medical criteria for making these assessments and very little has been published on how police surgeons actually approach the question of assessing a suspect's fitness for interview.

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