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Product DescriptionThe Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual and Workbook 2009 are the only official study texts for Britain's National Investigators' Exam (NIE) which is taken as part of Phase 1 of the Initial Crime Investigators' Development Program. Based on the bestselling Blackstone's Police Manuals, this pack provides legal information which is relevant to the role of a trainee investigator, namely in the areas of Evidence, Property Offences, Assaults, Drugs, Firearms & Defenses, Sexual Offences, and Offences Against Children. It also covers the relevant PACE Codes of Practice and chapters on RIPA 2000 and Entry Search and Seizure powers.The Workbook takes the trainee investigator through each of the examination topics and includes a variety of exercises, case studies, examples and A-type multiple-choice questions plus useful cross references to the Manual in the answers section.Now in its seventh edition, this popular set is completely updated for the 2009 with reference to 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 also includes information on the Fraud Act 2006, the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.About the AuthorPaul 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.Dave Pinfield is a serving officer with West Midlands Police and has been a police officer for 21 years. He is currently the Detective Sergeant Team Leader having responsibility for the force with regards to the ICIDP and IMSC courses at the Detective Training School. He has been involved in the National Investigators' Examination since January 2002. He is the author of Blackstone's Investigators' Mock Examination Paper.Neil Taylor is a serving officer with the West Midlands Police and is a police trainer at the Detective Training School.Julian Chapman is a serving police officer with the West Midlands Police and is a police trainer at the Detective Training School.