Amazon.com description: Product Description: The Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual and Workbook 2013 are the only official study texts for the National Investigators' Exam (NIE) which is taken as part of Phase 1 of the Initial Crime Investigators' Development Programme. This Pack is fully revised for the 2013 NIE syllabus and contains the latest information relevant to the role of a trainee investigator.

The Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual 2013 is the only official study text for the National Investigators' Exam (NIE), which is taken as part of Phase 1 of the Initial Crime Investigators' Development Programme. Based on the bestselling Blackstone's Police Manuals, it provides all the legal information which is relevant to the role of a trainee investigator, namely in the areas of Evidence, Property Offences, Assaults, Drugs, Firearms & Gun Crime, and Sexual Offences. It also covers the relevant PACE Codes of Practice, with chapters incorporating the relevant Code with Keynotes offering practical advice and examples, and features new material on counter-terrorism legislation. There are also new chapters on Disclosure of Evidence and Theft and Related Offences.

The Blackstone's Police Investigators' Workbook 2013 takes the trainee investigator through each of the topics relevant to the examination. It contains many practical exercises, case studies and multiple choice questions to help students prepare for the NIE. The book also contains useful cross references to the Manual in the answers sections, so students can check their understanding of the content.

Now in its fourteenth edition, this popular set contains the latest legislation and case law relevant to the 2013 NIE, including the Policing and Crime Act 2009, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, the Criminal Procedure Rules 2011, the Crime and Security Act 2010, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, and the Police Detention and Bail Act 2011.