Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual 2009

by Connor, Paul; Hutton, Glenn; Johnston, David; Mckinnon, Gavin

• ISBN13: 9780199552948
• ISBN10: 0199552940
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual 2009 is the only official study text (along with the Investigators' Workbook 2009) for the National Investigators' Exam (NIE), which is taken as part of Phase 1 of the Initial Crime Investigators' Development Programme. Based on the bestsellingBlackstone's Police Manuals, it provides all the legal information which is relevant to the role of a trainee investigator, namely in the areas of Evidence, Property Offences, Assaults, Drugs, Firearms and Defences, Sexual Offences, and Offences Against Children. It also covers the relevant PACECodes of Practice and chapters on RIPA 2000 and Entry Search and Seizure Powers.Now in its seventh edition, this Manual is fully updated for 2009 with new case law and legislation, including the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and updates to the Police and Justice Act 2006, the Criminal Justice Act 2003, and the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. It alsoincludes information on the Fraud Act 2006, the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, and the revised PACE Codes of Practice 2008.

Author Biography

Paul Connor LLB is a Police Training Consultant and is a member of the ICIDP Curriculum Review Group. He has previously been involved in training activities with the ICIDP and NIE. Paul is also the consultant editor for the Blackstone's Police Manuals and author of Blackstone's Police Investigators' Workbook, Blackstone's Police Investigators' Q&As and Blackstone's Sergeants' Mock Examination Paper.
Glenn Hutton BA, MPhil, FCIPD is a Director of Psychometric Technology Limited which designs and publishes psychological tests and provides selection and assessment services. Formerly a Superintendent in North Yorkshire Police, he also worked as Head of NPT Examinations and Assessment, Head of Training in North Yorkshire and as both Course Director and Director of Studies at the Police Staff College, Bramshill. David Johnston LLB, LLM is a barrister and Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police Service. Formerly a member of the NPT Examinations and Assessment team, he is an OSPRE Assessor and previously worked as a legal researcher for the Home Office in Harrogate.
Gavin McKinnon LLB, LLM, MSc is a Chief Superintendent and Head of Secretariat at the National Policing Improvement Agency with responsibility for legal services, corporate governance, and equality and diversity. Formerly an officer in the RUC/PSNI and a Senior Civil Servant in the Home Office Police Reform Unit, he is an adjunct Professor of Law at the City University of New York. He has been published in legal and terrorism journals. In 2006 he was appointed to the Independent Monitoring Board for Brixton Prison by the Home Secretary.

Table of Contents

Evidence Property Offences Assaults

Drugs

Firearms and Defences Sexual Offences

Appendices Pace

Codes and Disclosure Extracts

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