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Product Description Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual and Workbook 2016 are the only official study guides for the National Investigators' Exam (NIE), which is taken as part of Phase 1 of the Initial Crime Investigators' Development Programme. It is the most comprehensive and effective package for studying for the NIE, providing the complete 2016 syllabus and practical exercises and multiple-choice questions to test your knowledge. Based on the bestselling Blackstone's Police Manuals, Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual 2016 provides all the legal information which is relevant to your role as a trainee investigator and is applicable to all NIE exams taken in 2016. Covering all key legislation in the areas of Evidence, Property Offences, Assaults, Drugs, Firearms & Gun Crime, and Sexual Offences, it also features the relevant PACE Codes of Practice, with chapters incorporating the relevant Code with Keynotes offering practical advice and examples, as well as chapters covering the Immigration Act 1971 and the Customs & Excise Management Act 1979 for investigators within immigration, customs, and the National Crime Agency. Blackstone's Police Investigators' Workbook 2016 has 23 chapters, offering you an opportunity to gauge your revision progress through multiple-choice questions at each chapter opening, followed by a refresher section on complex parts of the syllabus with exercises and flowcharts, and recall questions at the conclusion to reinforce learning. Useful cross references point back to the Manual in the answer sections. Now in its seventeenth edition, both the Manual and Workbook contain the latest legislation and case law relevant to the 2016 NIE, including the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, the Serious Crime Act 2015, the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014, the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015, and revisions to PACE Codes A, C, and H. Review Review from previous edition: "If the question is in the NIE then the answer is in the Manual" --Tim Jackman, Detective Constable (Crime Trainer), West Yorkshire Police 13/02/2012 "The book is well written and easy to digest." --Alan Phillips, Essex Police "I have used this book extensively in preparing for lesson delivery and planning lessons. It is a good resource for preparing knowledge check questions for students." --Simon Williams, Thames Valley Police "The Blackstones Manual, Workbook and Questions and Answers book is a ready-made tool kit to study for and pass the National Investigators Exam. The Manual provides the raw information along with clear and concise learning points, case law and examples. This used in conjunction with the Workbook brings it all home, with exercises, multiple choice questions and useful Explanations throughout. You can then be exam ready by working through the hundreds of Multiple Choice questions in the QandA book. I would recommend this tool kit for those wanting to do well in the NIE." --Darren Young, Trainee Detective Constable, Metropolitan Police 24/03/2015 About the Author Paul Connor, Police Training Consultant,Glenn Hutton, Private assessment and examination consultant,David Johnston, Barrister and Chief Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police Service,Gavin McKinnon, Head of Corporate Communications for Kent Police,David Pinfield, Police Training Consultant Paul Connor Cert Ed LLB is a Police Training Consultant, teaching law to over 3000 NIE 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. Glenn Hutton BA, MPhil, FCIPD is a Director of Psychometric Technology Limited which designs and publishes psychological tests and provides selection and assessment services. Forme