Police Law
14th Edition
Published on 26. February 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
992 pages
978-0-19-872436-0 (ISBN)
Description
Now in its fourteenth edition, this well-respected and highly regarded book covers all areas of law and legal procedure which are of interest to police officers. Updated to include new legislation such as the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, the Crime and Courts Act 2013, the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, and the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013. There is also discussion of important changes to PACE Codes A, B, C, E, F, and H, the definition of domestic violence, and stop and search protocols. In addition, there is new case law and a revised structure reflecting the changing nature of policing and the challenges officers face. Comprehensive and easy to understand, Police Law is an indispensable 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.
Reviews / Votes
Police Law is used by every Citizens Advice Bureau in England and Wales. It covers a range of problems faced by our clients and is invaluable when Citizens Advice Bureau advisers need to know, for example, the extent of police powers. The book is clearly set out and easy to read.' Citizens Advice Information Department It is a very easy to use comprehensive book. When giving advice to clients it is important for us as advisors to have access to information quickly and that it be clear and concise. This book does the job - what more can I say! Julie Plisner Haines, Citizens Advice Bureau, Essex This publication is an institution. It is very well known and has a fantastic reputation for doing exactly what it says on the tin. DCI Stephen Tunks, Avon & Somerset Police I would recommend this book to Law students and Student police officers to gain an in-depth knowledge of Police Law. Kayleigh Rhodes, BSc Policing Student, Wolverhampton University 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 LawyerMore details
Edition
14th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
1260 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-872436-0 (9780198724360)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Richard Card is Emeritus Professor of law at De Monfort University, Leicester. He has written and lectured extensively in a number of areas of law, particularly criminal law, and is the sole author of Card, Cross, and Jones' Criminal Law. 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.
Content
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. Lights and Vehicles ; 13. Traffic Accidents ; 14. Driving Offences ; 15. Drinking or Drug-Taking and Driving ; 16. Children and Young Persons ; 17. Licensed Premises, Licensed Persons, Clubs, Places of Entertainment, and Offences of Drunkenness ; 18. Dogs ; 19. Firearms and Weapons ; 20. Explosives ; 21. Railways ; 22. Nuisances, Collections, Vagrancy, Peddling, and Scrap Metal ; 23. Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person ; 24. Disputes ; 25. Homicide and Related Offences ; 26. Public Order other than Those Offences Related to Sporting Events or Industrial Disputes ; 27. Public Order Offences Related to Sporting Events and Those Connected with Industrial Disputes ; 28. Terrorism Generally ; 29. Sexual Offences ; 30. Offences Relating to Prostitution, Obscenity, and Indecent Photographs ; 31. Drugs ; 32. Theft and Related Offences, Robbery, and Blackmail ; 33. Burglary ; 34. Offences of Fraud and Bribery ; 35. Handling Stolen Goods and Related Offences ; 36. Forgery and Counterfeiting ; 37. Criminal Damage and Computer Misuse ; 38. Offences against Administration of Justice ; 39. Preventive Justice