Police Law, 12th Edition

Author: Jack English; Richard Card
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199594825
Published In: January 2011
Format: Paperback
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Provides the most comprehensive and straightforward coverage of those areas of the law and legal procedures applicable to police officers
A highly accessible text which assumes no prior legal knowledge
Fully up-to-date with the latest legislation and case law including the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and the Policing and Crime Act 2009
Clear and simple structure with extensive use of cross-referencing to ensure ease of use and readability
Accompanied by a free companion website containing quarterly updates
New to this edition

Includes a number of significant legislative updates, including the Bribery Act 2010, the Crime and Security Act 2010, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, and the Policing and Crime Act 2009
This edition includes a new chapter on offences against the administration of justice
Now in its twelfth edition, this well-respected and highly regarded book covers all areas of law and legal procedure which are of interest to police officers.

This edition has been fully revised and updated to include new legislation such as the Crime and Security Act 2010, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, and the Policing and Crime Act 2009. The book includes discussion of important new regulations under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, as well as updates on the law relating to stop and search, conditional cautions, fixed penalty notices, and major changes to the defences of murder, and liability for encouraging or assisting suicide. In addition, a new chapter on offences against the administration of justice has been included in this edition.

Comprehensive and easy to understand, Police Law is an indispensible everyday reference book for police officers, and is the only book covering all areas of police law. 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. Police Law is accompanied by a useful companion website containing regular updates on changes in the law throughout the life of the print edition.

Readership: All police officers and police trainers, police authorities, professional development units, police libraries, the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, the Home Office, advice centres such as the Citizens Advice Bureaux, and police studies degree students and academics.

Contents:: 1: General Principles; 2: Elements of Criminal Procedure; 3: Police Powers; 4: Police Questioning and the Rights of Suspects; 5: Treatment, Charging and Bail of Detainees; 6: Identification Methods; 7: The Law of Criminal Evidence; 8: The Police; 9: Traffic: General Provisions; 10: Use of Vehicles; 11: Control of Vehicles; 12: Public Service Vehicles; 13: Goods Vehicles; 14: Lights and Vehicles; 15: Traffic Accidents; 16: Driving Offences; 17: Drinking or Drug-Taking and Driving; 18: Children and Young Persons; 19: Licensed Premises, Licensed Persons, Clubs, Places of Entertainment and Offences of Drunkenness; 20: Betting, Gaming and Lotteries; 21: Aliens; 22: Animals, Birds and Plants; 23: Game, Deer and Fish; 24: Firearms and Weapons; 25: Explosives; 26: Railways; 27: Nuisances, Collections, Vagrancy, Peddling and Scrap Metal; 28: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person; 29: Disputes; 30: Homicide and Related Offences; 31: Public Order Offences other than Those Related to Sporting Events or Industrial Disputes; 32: Public Order Offences Related to Sporting Events and Those Connected with Industrial Disputes; 33: Terrorism Generally; 34: Sexual Offences; 35: Offences Relating to Prostitution, Obscenity and Indecent Photographs; 36: Drugs; 37: Theft and Related Offences, Robbery and Blackmail; 38: Burglary; 39: Offences of Fraud and Bribery; 40: Handling Stolen Goods and Related Offences; 41: Forgery and Counterfeiting; 42: Criminal Damage; 43: Offences against Administration of Justice; 44: Preventive Justice;

Jack English, Formerly Assistant Chief Constable at Northumbria Police, and Director of the Central Planning and Instructor Training Unit, and Chief Examiner to the Police Promotion Examinations Board, and Richard Card, Formerly Professor of Law and Chairman of the School of Law at De Montfort University, Leicester

The late Jack English was former Assistant Chief Constable with Northumbria Police, Director of the Central Planning and Instructor Training Unit, and Chief Examiner to the Police Promotion Examinations Board. He authored a number of well-respected police titles and also wrote 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 Montfort 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.

"This books needs to be freely accessible to every operational police officer at the 'coal-face' of policing, as a basic tool in his everyday work." - Simon Dell - after 37 years operational policing

"Police Law is simply a wonderful police law book. It excels in its comprehensiveness, its use of simple language without footnotes; and its style of writing which makes one want to read it from end to end because of its logical, well-ordered presentation, sound research and authorativeness. Not many law books can boast of those qualities. It is simply the best, thanks to Oxford University Press." - Sally Ramage, The Criminal Lawyer.