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Blackstone's Police Q&As 2024 are the essential revision tool for all police officers sitting the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. They are created to follow Blackstone's Police Manuals, the only study guides endorsed by the College of Policing, providing the most authoritative means of self-testing outside of the promotion examinations.
Blackstone's Police Q&A 2024, Volume 1: Crime contains hundreds of multiple-choice questions designed to reinforce knowledge and understanding of the Crime Manual. Each question, presented in the 'Type A' format, has a detailed and comprehensive answer that highlights not only the correct response, but also the reasoning so that you understand the law and how it should be applied in practice and, as importantly, why the incorrect responses are wrong. This is essential for building your understanding of the syllabus and how it will be examined and also allows candidates to highlight any gaps or weaknesses in their knowledge. Each Q&A includes full cross-references to the relevant Manual paragraphs, while a question checklist helps you track your progress.
The 2024 editions of this popular series contain important updates, reflecting changes to the 2024 versions of the Blackstone's Police Manuals and the NPPF Syllabus 2023. This edition of Crime includes new questions from across the 2024 syllabus, in line with legislative and case law updates. Other titles in the series include Evidence and Procedure Q&A 2024 and General Police Duties Q&A 2024.
1: State of Mind
2: Criminal Conduct
3: Incomplete Offences and Police Investigations
4: General Defences
5: Homicide
6: Misuse of Drugs
7: Firearms and Gun Crime
8: Racially and Religiously Aggravated Offences
9: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
10: Miscellaneous Offences Against the Person
11: Sexual Offences
12: Control of Sex Offenders
13: Child Protection
14: Theft and Related Offences
15: Fraud
16: Criminal Damage
17: Offences Against the Administration of Justice and Public Interest
18: Offences Arising from Immigration, Asylum and People Exploitation
Huw Smart is a former Chief Inspector in South Wales Police with over 30 years police service and is a qualified police trainer and assessor. He has several years' experience in writing multiple-choice questions, is a part-time lecturer at Glamorgan University, South Wales and is the author ofBlackstone's Custody Officers' Manual.
John Watson is a retired police Inspector currently working in road safety. He is a qualified police trainer and assessor, with several years' experience writing multiple-choice questions that have been used for in-house training.
Review(s) from previous edition
"Any candidate that is serious about the promotion process would be well advised to purchase the Q&A books as an efficient, salient and efficient way of checking study progress. - Detective Constable, Bedfordshire Police
"An excellent resource and revision aid for those studying for the Sergeants' and Inspectors' promotion examinations, and also great for officers who simply want to improve their knowledge and keep up to date with changes in legislation." - Stephen Armitage, Police Constable, North Yorkshire Police
"The best way to pass the police promotion examination is to develop knowledge and technique through answering questions." - Dr Richard Heslop, Sergeant, West Yorkshire Police
