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The Crime Investigators Handbook provides straightforward, practical information and advice for crime investigators, and complements the learning outcomes from the Initial Crime Investigators Development Programme Phases 2 and 3, as well as all Professionalising Investigations Programme Level 2 investigations.
List of contents
- 1: The Role of a Criminal Investigator
- 2: Investigative Decision Making
- 3: General Investigative Practice
- 4: Initial Stages of an Investigation
- 5: Crime Scenes, Searches and Exhibits
- 6: Forensic Investigation
- 7: Core Investigative Strategies
- 8: Managing Witnesses
- 9: Managing Suspects
- 10: Crime Types and their Investigation
- 11: Investigating Sudden and Unexplained Deaths
- 12: Proactive Investigation and Preventative Measures
- 13: Case Management and Disclosure
- 14: Court Process and Giving Evidence
About the author
Steve Hibbitt is a Detective Chief Inspector and operational SIO at Humberside Police. He is a major crime review officer and an ACPO approved Specialist Interview Advisor. He is the author of various ACPO position papers and has designed and delivered training for PIP Level 1 and 2 investigators and PIP Level 2 Specialist Interviewers. Hibbitt has been engaged in a senior role investigating the Hillsborough Football Stadium disaster and is a non-warranted senior investigator. He has developed and delivered investigative supervisor and management training to police forces and is an academic tutor for the University of Sunderland BA in Applied Investigation and MA in Investigative Management.
Gary Shaw was formerly the National Investigative Interview Adviser and has many years' experience working on numerous complex and high profile investigations of national significance. He has been instrumental in developing professional practice in this area and is now a Professor at the University of Sunderland.
Summary
Now in its 3rd edition, The Crime Investigators Handbook provides straightforward, practical information and advice for crime investigators. The book complements the learning outcomes from the Initial Crime Investigators Development Programme (ICIDP) Phases 2 and 3, as well as all Professionalising Investigations Programme (PIP) Level 2 investigations and provides practical operational advice for a variety of crime types that investigators and supervisors can expect to encounter.
The 3rd edition covers changes to legislative and professional practices such as the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, Achieving Best Evidence 2022, amendments to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and Codes of Practice, the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime 2021, and the Criminal Procedure Rules and Practice Directions 2020, which consolidates the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 and subsequent amendments. This edition also covers new and emerging crime types, such as cyber crime, honour based violence and abuse, child sexual exploitation, modern slavery, and stalking and harassment.
