Police Law

by English, Jack; Card, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780199559794
• ISBN10: 0199559791
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Now in its eleventh edition, this well-respected and highly regarded book covers all areas of law and legal procedure which are of interest to police officers. Formerly known as Butterworth's Police Law, this edition has been fully revised and updated to include updates to the Fraud Act 2006, the Criminal Justice & Immigration Act 2008, the Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act 2008, the Road Safety Act 2006, the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the Serious Organized Crime and Police Act 2005, and case law in relation to PACE. The book's Terrorism section has also been expanded to include updates to detention periods and references to the Counter-Terrorism Bill (detailing full uses of DNA, post-charge questioning of suspects and foreign travel orders banning convicted terrorists from travelling overseas). New information on the powers available to PCSOs has also been added to this edition. Comprehensive and easy to understand, it is suitable for any reader, even those with no formal legal training. In addition, it will be of particular assistance to all those who are studying Criminal Law for the first time. The book also provides a good source of information for members of the public who wish to refer to a legal text written in an accessible way. This is a practical and comprehensive volume for everyday use which is accompanied by a useful companion website, with quarterly chapter updates.

Author Biography

Jack English is former Assistant Chief Constable with Northumbria Police, and Director of the Central Planning and Instructor Training Unit, and Chief Examiner to the Police Promotion Examinations Board. He has authored a number of well-respected police titles and has also written on summonses and charges for the Police Reviewing Company. Richard Card is formerly Professor of Law and Chairman of the School of Law at De Montford University, Leicester. He has written and lectured extensively in a number of areas of law, particularly criminal law. He is the sole author of Card, Cross and Jones' Criminal Law, and has also written a range of other titles.

Table of Contents

General principles

Elements of criminal procedure

Police powers

Police questioning and the rights of suspects

Treatment, charging and bail of detained persons

Identification methods

The law of evidence

The police

Traffic: general provisions

Use of vehicles

Control of vehicles

Public service vehicles

Goods vehicles

Lights and vehicles

Traffic accidents

Driving offences

Drinking or drug-taking and driving

Children and young persons

Licensed premises, licensed persons, clubs, places of entertainment and offences of drunkenness

Aliens

Animals, birds and plants

Game laws

Firearms

Explosives

Railways

Pedlars, vagrancy and dealers

Non-fatal offences against the person

Disputes

Homicide and abortion

Public order offences other than those related to sporting events or industrial disputes

Public order offences related to sporting events and those connected with industrial disputes

Terrorism generally

Sexual Offences

Offences relating to prostitution, obscenity and indecent photographs

Drugs

Theft and related offences, robbery and blackmail

Criminal damage

Burglary

Offences of fraud and corruption

Handling stolen goods and related offences

Forgery and counterfeiting

Preventive justice

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