Comprehensive and reliable, Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2024 is the ideal companion for the multitude of avenues into policing now open to future police officers, from pre-join degree courses, degree holder entry and degree apprenticeships, to the police constable entry programme. The book will also be of interest to Specials and PCSOs, especially those looking to join a police service as a constable.Divided into six parts, representing key stages in your progression from entry into policing, to initial training and then confirmation, the Handbook leads you through each topic, covering theory, discussion, and practice while helping you to develop your skills of analysis, problem solving, and forms of reasoning. Coupled with a clear structure and accessible style, the book will provide you with the knowledge and understanding necessary to undertake independent patrol in a professional and competent manner. Key topics covered include stop, search, and entry; alcohol and drug offences; sexual offences; interviewing; and intelligence, as well as cybercrime. Those aspects of police training which are common to all new entrants are clearly identified. There are specific chapters on qualification structures and training and assessment, making the Handbook the ideal resource whether you are entering policing through a pre-join scheme or through an alternative qualification route.
Part I Professional Policing in England and Wales
1: Introducing the Handbook
2: Maintaining Professional Standards
3: Understanding the Police Constable Role
4: Decision-making and Discretion
5: Evidence-based Policing and Problem Solving
Part II Core Policing Values and Behaviours
6: Wellbeing and Resilience
7: Valuing Difference and Inclusion
8: Leadership and Teamwork
9: Managing Conflict
Part III Core Aspects of Police Work
10: Response Policing
11: Policing Communities
12: Information and Intelligence
13: Conducting Investigations
14: Digital Policing
15: Counter Terrorism
16: Policing the Roads
Part IV Processing Policing
17: Criminology and Crime Prevention
18: Criminal Justice
19: Public Protection, Victims, and Witnesses
20: Vulnerability and Risk
Part V Specific Aspects of Police Work
21: Alcohol, Drugs, and Substance Use
22: Unlawful Violence Against Persons and Premises
23: Theft, Fraud, and Related Offences
24: Sexual Offences
25: Weapons Offences
26: Damage to Buildings and Other Property
27: Attempts, Conspiracy, and Encouraging or Assisting Crime
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