Review: Police Constable's Guide to His Daily Work
| Date | 01 April 1935 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X3500800221 |
| Published date | 01 April 1935 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
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THE POLICE JOURNAL
the unexpected when
put
into practical operation.
The
value of Mr. Watson's
book lies in its facts rather than in its conclusions.
In
regard to his treatment of tramways, Mr. Watson deserves all the
sympathy that belongs to champions of lost causes. He is not discouraged
by the widespread suppression of tramways; in Paris and New York as
well as in London and most of the provincial cities in England, the more
flexible forms of transport are increasingly favoured.
POLICE
CONSTABLE'S
GUIDE
TO
HIS
DAILY
WORK. By B. M.
GREGG,
Retired Superintendent and Chief Clerk, West Riding Con-
stabulary, and C. P.
BRUTTON,
Deputy Clerk of the Peace and County
Council of Chester. Seventh edition, 1934. (Sir Isaac Pitman and
Sons, Ltd.) 6s. net.
THE sixth edition of this book was reviewed on page 688 of Volume 4
of THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
of 1931.
In
the new edition there are included
anumber of Statutes which have come into force since the last edition was
published, such as
The
Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, and
The
Firearms and Imitation Firearms (Criminal Use) Act, 1933.
There
is much useful information in the book, although it would appear
to be more helpful as a book of reference rather than an actual guide to be
used on the spur of the moment.
It
is unfortunate that in the list of offences there would appear to have
been made an effort to condense certain definitions, with the result that
slight inaccuracies have crept it. On the other hand, there are unnecessarily
long quotations from Statutes.
The
general instructions and appendices are excellent.
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