Blackstone's Guide to the
Terrorism Act 2006
Author: Alun Jones, Robert
Bowers and Hugh D Lodge
ISBN-10: 0-19-920843-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-920843-2
Publishers: Oxford
University Press
Price £34.95 (paper)
Publication Date: 31 August 2006
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This new
Blackstone's Guide offers comprehensive analysis of the new Act whilst also
placing it in the context of what has gone before Clearly
explains the new offences created by the 2006 Act, including; the
Encouragement of Terrorism; the Dissemination of Terrorist Publications; the
Preparation of Terrorist Acts; Training for Terrorism; and Attendance at a
place used for Terrorist Training Clearly
explains how the new procedures and offences can be both implemented and
challenged effectively, before trial and at trial Contains the
full text of the Terrorism Act 2006 |
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In the
immediate aftermath of the London bombings on the 7th July 2005, the
government announced very quickly that new anti-terror legislation was to be
swiftly enacted. The resulting Terrorism Act has been the subject of intense
political and legal debate, and creates a number of new terrorist offences
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The Series
The Blackstone's Guide Series delivers concise and accessible books covering the
latest legislative changes and amendments. Published within weeks of the Act,
they offer expert commentary by leading names on the effects, extent and scope
of the legislation, plus a full copy of the Act itself. They offer a
cost-effective solution to key information needs and are the perfect companion
for any practitioner needing to get up to speed with the latest changes.
Bevan and Lidstone’s: The Investigation of
Crime - A Guide to the Law of Criminal Investigation
Edition:
3rd 2004
Author:
Denis Clark
ISBN:
0406957428
Oxford
University Press
£29.95
RRP UK
Publication
Date: June 2004
Bevan and Lidstone first appeared in August 1991. The book started life as "Guide to the Police
and Criminal Evidence Act 1984", it then became "The Investigation of
Crime A Guide to Police Powers".
It is now called, Bevan and Lidstone’s: The Investigation of Crime - A
Guide to the Law of Criminal Investigation.
The 2nd edition was
prepared by Ken Lidstone and Clare Palmer following the untimely death of
Vaughan Bevan in 1992. Despite the re‑writing
of all chapters in 1996 much of Vaughan remained then. Denis Clark has now taken over. Other than the Blackstone’s Police
Manuals there are two books that all police officers should possess if they are
wise, this is one of the two, the other is "Zander". Tricky situations do develop when you are
either Custody Sergeant or the Reviewing Officer and possession of this book
may help.
The book holds a wide appeal among professionals
involved in the criminal justice system, that is, solicitors, barristers, the
Bench, the Crown Prosecution Service and Magistrates' Clerks, as well as bodies
like the citizens' advice bureaux and legal advice centres. As an aid to
students with an interest in criminal law and justice, civil liberties,
constitutional low and police powers, this book will also be in demand.
We
are told on the rear cover that, "Criminal investigation is a process of
interlocking activities influenced by cultural and psychological considerations,
regulated by law". Police Officers
would be more inclined to say, "things are getting a bit bogged down in
here". True, yes, it has never been more complex. We are told that, "any thoughts of
complacency have been wiped away by The Second Report of the Shipman Inquiry
(2003), which offered similar criticisms to those featured in the Stephen
Lawrence Inquiry (1999), relating to flawed police investigations and a lack of
adequate documentation". It would
seem fairer to spread the blame a bit wider than that. However, be that as it may, it is essential
to be up-to-date, at least that way you have a chance of being correct in your
application of PACE.
This
new, third edition offers comprehensive guidance to police investigative
powers. You will find the provisions relating to terrorism, surveillance,
financial investigation, computer crime and football violence all covered. The new edition has been widened to include
material on the law of crime scene preservation, forensic issues, cross-border
powers and procedural issues.
New
legislation covered in this edition includes the Criminal Procedure and
Investigations Act 1996, which deals with pre-trial disclosure, the Terrorism
Act 2000,the Police Reform Act 2002, the significant Regulation of Investigatory
Powers Act 2000 which regulates surveillance, both human and technical,
including the interception of telephone calls and e-mail. The book also takes account of issues
relating to entrapment, the use of informants, undercover police officers,
public interest immunity and the abuse of process doctrine. Investigative
powers are analysed in detail in the context of the impact of the Human Rights
Act 1998 and the developments brought about by the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Denis Clark, the new author, is Senior
Lecturer in Criminal Justice Studies, Centre for Applied Socio-Legal Studies,
School of Social Sciences and Law, University of Teesside. One of the original
authors was at one time a police officer. The last edition states that between
1961 and 1971 (pre PACE) Ken Lidstone served as an Inspector with the South
Wales Constabulary. I wonder what he
would make of it now? In any case we
have to thank him for the foundations he laid when it all began in 1984, when I
was a custody Sergeant in at the beginning.
This latest Edition is very welcome.
Rob Jerrard
Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology
The Clarendon Studies in Criminology was inaugurated in 1994 under the
auspices of the centres of criminology at the Universities of Cambridge and
Oxford and the London School of Economics. It was the successor to Cambridge
Studies in Criminology, founded by Sir Leon Radzinowicz and J.W.C. Turner
almost sixty years ago.
Author:Martin Innes, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Surrey
ISBN: 0-19-925942-9
Publishers Oxford University Press
Price: £50.00
Watching the TV detectives one is left with the impression that a
detective’s day is fully occupied with nothing but murder cases - this of
course is far from true (unless attached to a murder squad); however Investigating
Murder
provides an insight into how police detectives investigate and solve murders.
Based upon fieldwork observation of murder squads at work, interviews with
detectives and detailed analysis of police case files, it provides an original
and innovative account of the practices and processes involved in the
investigation of homicides, as well as some of the problems that are often
encountered in the conduct of this work. Drawing upon the detailed empirical
data collected, the book develops a conceptual framework for understanding the
methods that detectives seek to utilise in order to identify suspects and
construct a case against them. Situating such work in its social and legal
context this major study shows how interviews, forensic evidence, and other
investigative techniques are used by detectives to manufacture a narrative of
the crime that sets out how the incident took place, and who did what to whom.
In
so doing, the book does much to further our understandings of detective work,
how detectives understand their role, the problems they encounter and the
solutions they manufacture to solve these problems. The description and
analysis provided will be of interest to academic researchers and students in
the fields of policing and criminology, as well as practitioners working in
the criminal justice system.
To
this must be added, crime writers and TV screen writers in the hope that they
will make some attempt to show something close to reality, EG.; please, please,
do not portray detectives (or even uniformed officers) walking all over the
crime scene or tasting a drug to identify it.
One other pet hate of mine, uniformed officers DO NOT stand in the
corner of the room when detectives are questioning a suspect, they are far too
busy with their own work.
The
author Martin Innes was awarded his PhD in 1999 by the London School of
Economics. In the same year he was appointed to a lectureship in sociology at
the University of Surrey, where he teaches undergraduate and postgraduate
courses in the sociology of deviance and social control; social theory and
social policy. His research focuses upon issues of policing and social control,
crime investigation, and communication and social theory.
Suggested Readership: Academics and
scholars in the fields of criminology, policing studies, law and sociology. Police officers, lawyers and barristers working in the criminal justice system and as I have said crime writers.
Contents
Part 1: Setting the Scene
1 Detective Work
2 Murder
3 Law
4 The Social Organisation of Murder Squads
Part 2: Towards a Theory of Crime
Investigation
5 Information Work
6 Investigative Technologies
7 Investigative Methodology
Part 3: The Process of the Investigation
8 Self-solvers
9 Whodunits
10 Murder Investigations In Extremis
Part 4: Conclusion
11 Crime Investigation and the Creation of
Collective Memory
General
Editor's Introduction to the book
Criminology
is a field of study that covers everything from research into the causes of
crime to the politics of the operations of the criminal justice system.
Researchers in different social and behavioural sciences, criminal justice and
law, all make important contributions to our understanding of the phenomena of
crime. The Clarendon Studies in Criminology series tries to reflect this
diversity by publishing high quality theory and research monographs by established
scholars as well as by young scholars of great promise from all different kinds
of academic backgrounds.
Few
things catch the public's imagination as much as cases of murder and their
investigations. Numerous are the media accounts that follow police and forensic
work of high profile crime cases. But what do we really know about the
investigative process? In 'Investigating Murder: Detective Work and the Police
Response to Criminal Homicide', Martin Innes gives us insights into the inner
workings of the criminal investigations of homicides. He describes and analyses
in detail the investigative process through an explorative qualitative study
of an English police force. He also offers us a tentative theoretical framework
for understanding the process of investigation. Innes sees the work of the
homicide investigators as `concerned with the social construction of meaning'
which `allows both the police and other socio-legal actors to act as if they
know how and why the victim died, and who was responsible.' He also argues for
an `important symbolic dimension' of police investigations of murder as they
relate to `the maintenance and reproduction of the moral, social and cultural
order.'
This
book should be an interesting read for all those involved in criminal
investigations, and more broadly in the criminal justice system. Innes' book is
also likely to engage those who want to develop a more academic understanding
of criminal justice. The ideas and interpretations put forward by Innes are
thought provoking and at times challenging. They will most likely create
debate. They will force practitioners and academics alike to reflect upon their
own perspective on the criminal investigation process and its role in society.
And that cannot be a bad thing.
Per-Olof
H. Wikstrom, University of Cambridge & Centre for Advanced Studies in the
Social and Behavioural Sciences, Stanford, (2002-03) December 2002
From
the Author’s Preface
In
writing this book my aim has been to throw light on the subject of police
murder investigations. At first glance this seems to be something of an ironic
objective, in that few areas of policing are subject to as much scrutiny as the
work that is conducted on major crime enquiries. Stories on television, in the
press, and in literature serve as an almost constant reminder that the
investigation of unlawful deaths remains a key component of the police
function. But although these stories frequently offer glimpsed descriptions of
what it is that the police do, for the most part they do not provide a detailed
analysis of the nature of the investigative work performed.
In
what follows my aims remain modest. I see this book as an exploratory study
that seeks to understand the practices, processes, and procedures utilized by
detectives, together with the problems that they encounter, when investigating
homicides. In focusing upon this topic I touch on a wide range of issues drawn
from the disciplines of sociology, criminology, and law in an attempt to provide
a comprehensive account of detective work. Throughout the book I have sought to
integrate an empirically grounded approach with ways of seeing informed by
themes drawn from wider debates in social theory, the purpose being not just to
describe the work performed, but to provide genuine insight into how and why it
is performed in particular ways. In addition then to the detailed descriptions
and analyses of the work of detectives, underpinning the discussion is a
concern to better understand aspects of the relationship between beliefs and
actions. Reduced to its basics, stripped of context and detail, detective work
is about establishing and fixing a set of beliefs about how and why a
particular crime happened. The production of these beliefs is the outcome of
particular investigative actions, which are themselves informed by a wider
belief system. It was never a stated intention of mine when starting this
research to examine this aspect of social life, rather this theme of the
interplay and inter-working of belief and action emerged in a number of
permutations from the data.
I
hope that the approach adopted will assist the book in finding an audience
among both academics and practitioners. For those with academic interests in
policing, the sociology of deviance, criminology, and law, this book is
intended as a contribution to our collective knowledge of one of the mechanisms
by which social control is enacted and social order produced in contemporary
society; whilst for police officers and others working in the criminal justice
system, I would hope that the study provides greater depth of understanding in
terms of the work that is conducted.
Updated to incorporate all significant case law and statutory material
since the last edition, Michael Allen's popular textbook provides a comprehensive
and up to date account of both the general principles and current state of
criminal law.
Designed to map directly on to undergraduate courses, and improved by a
new page layout, this textbook brings clarity to this complex subject, helping
to guide the student through potential areas of confusion.
Textbook on Criminal Law is essential reading for all students
following LLB or CPE courses in criminal law.
New to this edition:
Comprehensive coverage of recent House of Lords decisions, such as R v
Kon indecent assault and presumption of mens rea, R v Loosely and A-G's
Reference (No.3 of 2000) on entrapment and abuse of process.
Discussions on numerous Court of Appeal decisions such as Dias on
causation in relation to manslaughter, Shaylerand Harmer on duress, Martin on
self-defence, and White on racially aggravated assault.
New legislation is also covered, including Sexual Offences (Amendment)
Act 2000 and the offence of a position of trust.
Contents
Introduction
Actus Reus
Mens Rea
Negligence and Strict Liability
Capacity and Incapacitating Conditions
General Defences
Parties to Crime
Inchoate Offences
Homicide
Non-fatal Offences Against the Person
Offences Under the Theft Acts 1968 and 1978: Theft and Related Offences
Offences Involving Deception
Further Offences Under the Theft Acts
Criminal Damage
Michael Allen is a member of the Criminal Cases Review Commission and
was formerly Professor of Law, Newcastle Law School.
Criminal law is a subject of great complexity which students find both
fascinating and frustrating. The complexity is in large part caused by the
uncertainty created by judges in courts at all levels, who fail to understand
or adhere to fundamental principles. As a result the subject is both
challenging and potentially frustrating.
Traditionally textbooks on criminal law provide much more detail than
students require and may, themselves, add to the confusion. This book will seek
to state clearly both the principles fundamental to criminal liability and the
current state of the law in the areas covered in most criminal law courses. In
addition it will highlight those areas where there are doubts, problems or
confusion. It is hoped that this book will help students both to meet the
intellectual challenge which criminal law presents them and safely to negotiate
those areas where frustration might creep in.
In the two years since the sixth edition of this book was published
there have been numerous developments in both statutory and case law. New cases
have been incorporated into most chapters with the result that some questions
posed in the sixth edition have been answered, while new questions have arisen
to which answers are now required.
The is also a new Publisher - Blackstone Press is now owned by Oxford
University Press.
The law is stated as it was on 30th Sept 2002.
REVIEW
"Traditionally textbooks on criminal law provide much more detail
than students require and may, themselves, add to the confusion." This is
a very true statement, if you are looking for a reasonable priced book on
Criminal Law you cannot go far wrong with this one. As the Legal Correspondent
to Police Journal I try to provide cases that I think are important to police
officers in their daily work, you will see from the above that the author of
this work covers those fundamental cases as well, his explanation of them is
very easy to follow. I highly recommend this book as a good extra for police
promotion candidates as well as students studying for law degrees.
Rob Jerrard