Recent Book: History and Crime: Implications for Criminal Justice Policy
| Published date | 01 July 1981 |
| Date | 01 July 1981 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X8105400320 |
| Subject Matter | Recent Book |
They are all designed to follow the
syllabus for the various papers. and are
intended to enable a student to acquire
both the fundamental knowledge and the
techniques of answering questions
necessary to pass the examinations. They
also provide a good basis for the more
ambitious student who seeks a wider
range of knowledge.
The work under review is the sixth
edition of Handbook No. 1 which deals
with part II of the syllabus. Since the
publication of the fifth edition in 1978
there have been many changes and
additions
to
the
law
which
fundamentally affect the subject matter.
Thus the TheftAct 1978 abolishes the
defective sub. of s. 16of the 1968Act and
creates
three
additional
offences
involving deception. These are dealt with
by an addition of Paragraph 13 to
Chapter 2.
The Protection of Children Act 1978
was
brought
in to
prevent
the
exploitation of children by taking
indecent photographs and films of them,
and this has been noted in the
appropriate parts of the text.
Additionally,
modifications
and
extensions to the syllabus have been
included and reference made to recent
cases and their interpretive effect on the
law.
The handbook has been redesigned to
incorporate anumber of new features:
(a) Those subjects which are applicable
only to the examination for promotion to
the rank of Inspector are clearly edge-
marked alongside the appropriate
paragraph. thus enabling the student to
concentrate his studies on that part of the
syllabus appropriate to his examination.
(b) The list of contents by chapter is
now sub-divided by paragraphs for ease
of reference. thus ABORTION is listed
under Chapter 3. Paragraph 6. with the
appropriate page number shown.
(c) The printing of sub-headings and
decided case titles is in bold black type. as
opposed to italics. which draws the
student's attention more readily to
salient points.
(d) A list of abbreviations used in the
handbook is given.
Progress checks are included to test the
student's understanding of the subject
matter. but the ability required to answer
these questions is confined to subjective
techniques. One half of the promotion
examinations consists of objective
questions, and it would have been
beneficial
if
multi-choice.
multi-
response! multi-eompletion questions
had been included to test the students
skill of recall. comprehension and
application. Students studying for
promotion will need to research
elsewhere to obtain this experience.
R. M. LAW
HISTORY AND CRIME
JAMES
A.
INGARDI
and
CHARLES
E.
FAUPEL:
Implications/or Criminal Justice Policy.
London and Beverley Hills: Sage Publications. £11.85 (£6.25 soft backed).
This book is an amalgam of 13 articles century) provides a vivid picture of life'
written by different authors on subjects and crime of that era in London.
ranging across the history of crime in Other sections of the book deal with
time and the changes in understanding
the
Mafia,
crimes
arising
from
and acceptance which have taken place in prohibition, and murder in the 19th and
the last two to three hundred years. 20th Centuries. It is a broadly based
Although primarily directed at the volume, well worth reading especially by
American reader the message is equally the student or reader interested in the
valid in the U.K. For example, the historical, soc'ial and environmental
portrayal of
Jonathon
Wild (Eighteenth backcloth of the times. H.A.T.
MAGISTRATES AND MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS
M. D. A.
FREEMAN
and
CHRISTINA
LYON:
The Matrimonial Jurisdiction 0/
Magistrates' Courts.
Chichester: Barry Rose (Publishers) Ltd. £10.80.
A rare combination of a thorough respected by any practitioner in
knowledge of subject matter and concise magistrates'courts.
Injust
over 100pages
method of presentation on the part
ofthe
of text the authors lead the reader
authors must make this a work to bewell through all the recent changes in
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