This is the definitive guide to the defender's role and how the police investigate. It introduces new and established practitioner tools and describes each stage of skilled, active defence. Key consultations - with the custody officer, the investigating officer, the client, the appropriate adult, and the interpreter as well as the police interview are examined in depth. Potential problems, obstacles and pitfalls, and practical ways of dealing with these are highlighted. Police Station Skills for Legal Advisers is endorsed by the Criminal Law Committee of the Law Society.
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978-1-85328-796-1 (9781853287961)
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Eric Shepherd is a chartered forensic psychologist and chartered counselling psychologist who specialises in developing individuals' skills in investigating, interviewing, and analysing evidence. He has worked in the criminal justice system for some 25 years, instructed by the defence and the prosecution, as well as the Serious Fraud Office, Criminal Cases Review Commission, the Police Complaints Authority, and a number of official inquiries. Throughout this entire period he has been a consultant and trainer to the police service. He is co-author of Active Defence, 2nd edition (Law Society, 2000), and Analysing Witness Testimony (1999).
