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BS 12/19; evidence from the National Youth Bureau 1979
 
  BS 12/19. One group who felt alienated from the police and hostile towards them was young people. This extract is included in the evidence from the National Youth Bureau to the Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure, in 1979.
 
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Source 1 is intended to link back to Case-Study 1. For sources 2 & 3, think about the reliability and utility of these two sources. Source 4 has been chosen to show just how far back some of these stories and accusations about the police go. Sources 5 & 6 show how complicated relations between police and public are and how far society has changed.
 
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  Put some of the evidence you have found in these Sources into your Gallery Worksheet.
 
Source 6 Source 5 Source 4 Source 3 Source 1