- The only official study text, alongside the Investigators' Workbook, for the National Investigators' Examination endorsed by the National Policing Improvements Agency
- Contains all the material you need as a trainee investigator, covering the full 2012 NIE syllabus
- New for 2012 - the Crime and Security Act 2010, the Equality Act 2010, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, the Policing and Crime Act 2009, and the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, as well as updated case law
- New PACE Codes of Practice chapters with Keynote boxes, offering practical advice and examples, as well as new material on counter-terrorism legislation
- Written by experienced law specialists and professionally reviewed by the NPIA, giving you confidence in the products
- Forms part of a collection of key revision titles for trainee detectives that includes the Blackstone's Police Investigators' Workbook 2012, the Blackstone's Police Investigators' Mock Exam 2012, and the Blackstone's Police Investigators' Q&A 2012
The Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual 2012 is the only official study text (used alongside the Investigators' Workbook 2012) 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, namely in the areas of Evidence; Property Offences; Assaults, Drugs, Firearms & Gun Crime; and Sexual Offences.
Now in its fourteenth edition, this Manual is fully updated for 2012 with new case law and legislation, including the Crime and Security Act 2010, the Equality Act 2010, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, the Policing and Crime Act 2009, and the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. There are also new chapters incorporating the PACE Codes of Practice with Keynote boxes, offering practical advice and examples, as well as new material on counter-terrorism legislation.
Readership:
Essential material for Trainee Investigators preparing for the National Investigators' Examination . Outside this core market, there is scope to supply a number of ancillary investigative agencies, notably the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), Revenue & Customs and the Ministry of Defence.
