Review: Stone's Justices' Manual, 1935
| Published date | 01 July 1935 |
| Date | 01 July 1935 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X3500800328 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
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THE
POLICE JOURNAL
STONE'S
JUSTICES'
MANUAL, 1935. 67th Edition. Butterworth and
Co.) 37s. 6d. and
42S.
6d. net (thin paper).
"
STONE'S"
is larger than ever this year, an immense volume of 2,437 pages,
and embodying twenty-seven new statutes.
It
would be superfluous to
say that it is more than ever indispensable: to all who are engaged in law
work it has long ago become an essential reference.
It
is a work which
cannot be reviewed and, indeed, requires no adulation from the reviewer.
CONTINENTAL
CRIMES. By E. L.
VON
SONNENBERG
and
O'TRETTIN.
(Geoffrey Bles, Ltd.)
lOS.
6d.
THE title of this book is slightly misleading, as the crimes dealt with do
not relate to crime committed in various European countries
but
exclusively
to those dealt with by the German and Austrian police.
This
fact, indeed,
enhances the value of the book, so far as the English policeman is concerned,
for it affords a useful opportunity of examining and comparing German
police methods with our own.
The
crimes themselves are varied enough
in character,
but
do not differ in the main from the examples which are
usually narrated in volumes of this
type-except,
perhaps, that of the
Charlottenberg schoolmaster, which possesses a psychological pathos of its
own.This book has been written by the heads of the Berlin detective service
and, for this reason alone, deserves a careful study. Mr. George Dilnot's
critical introduction gives, on the whole, a fair comparison of the strength
and weakness of the German system. We wish that some of the cases had
illustrated more clearly the scientific methods employed in Berlin in the
work of detection. In the present phase of police development at home,
that is the feature which we should have particularly welcomed. But the
selection has evidently been made with an eye to the general public, for
whom the book will have an interest, apart from any technical considerations.
The
translation helps to make a very readable assortment of stories.
POLICE
GOLD
MEDAL
ESSAY
COMPETITION
Subject of the Essay for 1935
.. Discuss the
Advantages
and
Disadvantages
of
Placing the various
Police Forces in the United
Kingdom
under
a
Common
Administration."
Essays must be submitted on or before rst November, 1935,
to-
THE
SECRETARY
OF
THE
COUNCIL
OF
THE
POLICE
GOLD
MEDAL
ESSAY
COMPETITION,
HOME
OFFICE,
WHITEHALL,
LONDON,
S.W.1.
Essays must be the original work of the competitor, 7,000 to 11,000
words in length, typewritten and submitted in triplicate and anonymously.
A sealed envelope bearing on outside anom de plume or motto, and con-
taining the competitor's name and address, must accompany the essay.
(For full conditions see THE
POLICE
JOURNAL,
April number, p. 256.)
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