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The only official source for police officers of the full syllabus for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Exclusively endorsed by the College of Policing,
Blackstone's Police Manuals are the most trusted study guides for NPPF candidates.
List of contents
- 1: Mens Rea (State of Mind)
- 2: Actus Reus (Criminal Conduct)
- 3: Incomplete Offences
- 4: General Defences
- 5: Homicide
- 6: Misuse of Drugs
- 7: Firearms and Gun Crime
- 8: Racially and Religiously Aggravated Offences
- 9: Non-fatal Offences Against the Person
- 10: Miscellaneous Offences Against the Person and Offences Involving the Deprivation of Liberty
- 11: Sexual Offences
- 12: Child Protection
- 13: Theft and Related Offences
- 14: Fraud
- 15: Criminal Damage
- 16: Offences Against the Administration of Justice and Public Interest
About the author
Paul Connor Cert Ed (FE), PG Cert (ODE), LLB is a Police Training Consultant, teaching law to over 3,000 candidates since 2002. He is the author of the Blackstone's Crime Manual and the Consultant Editor for the Blackstone's Police Manuals. He is the author of Blackstone's Police Investigators' Manual, Blackstone's Police Investigators' Workbook and Blackstone's Sergeants' and Inspectors' Mock Examination Paper.
Summary
Blackstone's Police Manuals 2025, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone's Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers when preparing a NPPF Step Two Legal Examination and each of the three volumes forms part of the only comprehensive version of the 2025 syllabus.
Blackstone's Police Manual Volume 1: Crime 2025 covers areas including Homicide, Sexual Offences, Fraud, State of Mind, and Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person. For complex or commonly misunderstood areas, there are handy Keynote boxes, which point to relevant case law or provide an example of how material is used in a practical sense, helping you to establish the connections between legislation and police procedure. The 2025 edition has been updated to incorporate all recent legislative developments and case law, as well as revised keynotes on important areas and improved structuring to aid revision.
Also available in the series are: Volume 2: Evidence and Procedure 2025 and Volume 3: General Police Duties 2025.
Blackstone's Police Manuals are also available as part of our online Blackstone's Police Manuals and Q&As service: http://www.blackstonespoliceservice.com
