Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual 2014

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

• ISBN13: 9780199684663
• ISBN10: 0199684669
• Edition: 16th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-12-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual 2014 is the only official study text (used alongside the Investigators' Workbook 2014) for the National Investigators' Exam (NIE), which is taken as part of Phase 1 of the Initial Crime Investigators' Development Programme. Based on the bestselling Blackstone's Police Manuals, it provides all the legal information which is relevant to the role of a trainee investigator in England and Wales, namely in the areas of Evidence; Property Offences; Assaults, Drugs, Firearms & Gun Crime; and Sexual Offences.

Now in its fifteenth edition, this Manual is fully updated for 2014 with new case law and legislation, including the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, the Criminal Procedure Rules 2012, the Terrorism Act 2000, as well as revised PACE Codes C, G and H. There are also new chapters covering the Immigration Act 1971 and the Customs & Excise Management Act 1979 for investigators within immigration, customs and SOCA/National Crime Agency.

Author Biography

Paul Connor, Police Training Consultant,Glenn Hutton, Private assessment and examination consultant,David Johnston, Barrister and Chief Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police Service,Gavin McKinnon, Head of Corporate Communications for Kent Police

Paul Connor Cert Ed LLB is a Police Training Consultant, teaching law to over 3000 NIE candidates since 2002. He is the author of the Blackstone's Crime Manual and the Consultant Editor for the Blackstone's Police Manuals. He is the co-author of Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual, Blackstone's Police Investigators' Workbook and is the author of the Blackstone's Sergeants' and Inspectors' 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 previously worked as a legal researcher for the Home Office in Harrogate.

Gavin McKinnon LLB LLM MSt MCIPR FCMI is the Head of Corporate Communications for Kent Police. Formerly a Chief Superintendent, he served with the National Policing Improvement Agency, and the RUC/PSNI. He also worked as Deputy Director of Police Reform at the Home Office, and was Head of Crime & Justice for the think-tank Policy Exchange.

Table of Contents

1 Evidence
1. State of Mind
2. Criminal Conduct
3. Incomplete Offences
4. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
5. Entry, Search and Seizure
6. Detention and Treatment of Persons by Police Officers
7. Interviews
8. Identification
9. Bail
10. Disclosure of Evidence
11 Issues in Evidence.
12. Offences Against the Administration of Justice and Public Interest
2 Property Offences
1. Theft
2. Burglary
3. Aggravated Burglary
4. Robbery
5. Blackmail
6. Fraud
7. Handling Stolen Goods
8. Proceeds of Crime
9. Criminal Damage
10. Terrorism and Associated Offences
11. Cybercrime
3 Assaults, Drugs, Firearms and Gun Crime
1. Homicide
2. Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
3. Child Abduction
4. False Imprisonment
5. Kidnapping
6. Public Order Act 1986 Offences
7. Racially, Religiously Aggravated, and Homophobic Offences
8. Misuse of Drugs
9. Firearms and Gun Crime
4 Sexual Offences
1. Sexual Offences
2. The Sexual Offences Act 2003
3. Rape
4. Sexual Assault
5. Child Sex Offences
6. Child Protection
7. Preparatory Offences