Police and criminal justice
MS. Callaghan 189
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Police and criminal justice
Shelfmark
MS. Callaghan 189
Summary
Comprises:
Folder labelled "1483: H/Misc: 72-74" containing correspondence regarding Mary Bell and her imprisonment (closed), and notes, correspondence and transcript of oral evidence regarding the Official Secrets Act. 1972-1973
Folder labelled "1503: H: 70-71" containing notes, extracts from Hansard, press cuttings and correspondence and regarding criminal justice, legal aid and the police. Also includes working papers of a UNESCO symposium on the impact of violence in the mass media, copy of the Criminal Justice Bill 1971 and transcript of speech given by Callaghan in Liverpool on 5th June 1970. 1970-1972
CLOSED. Correspondence, notes and press cuttings regarding the interception of communications and the security services. Also includes script for 20/20 Vision television programme MI5's Official Secrets. 1985
Invitation for Callaghan to take part in a Channel 4 enquiry into policing in Britain alongside a document setting out the format of the programme. Also includes reports on the state of policing in the 1980s. 1986
Date
1970-1986
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (4 folders)
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Collection contents
Home affairs and social policy
Police and criminal justice
