Blackstone's Police Manual Volume 1: Crime 2015 (Blackstone's Police Manuals) - Softcover

Blackstone's Police Manuals 2015, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for OSPRE® Part 1 Promotion Examinations. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone's Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing an OSPRE® Part 1 examination and each of the four volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2015 syllabus.

Blackstone's Police Manual Volume 1: Crime 2015 covers areas including Homicide, Sexual Offences, Fraud, State of Mind, and Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2015 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, including coverage of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, the Criminal Procedure Rules 2013, and the Crime and Courts Act 2013.

Also available in the series are: Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2015, Volume 3: Road Policing 2015, and Volume 4: General Police Duties 2015.

Blackstone's Police Manuals are also available as part of our online Blackstone's Police Manuals and Q&As service: http://www.blackstonespolice.com

Paul Connor Cert Ed (FE), PG Cert ODE (Open), LLB is a Police Training Consultant, teaching law to over 3000 candidates since 2002. He is the author of the Blackstone's Crime Manual and the Consultant Editor for the Blackstone's Police Manuals. He is the co-author of Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual, Blackstone's Police Investigators' Workbook and is the author of the Blackstone's Sergeants' and Inspectors' Mock Examination Paper.