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80 Police J. 184 (2007)
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handle is hein.journals/policejl80 and id is 188 raw text is: ROB R. JERRARD Reviews Editor www.rjerrard.co.uk REVIEWS BLACKSTONE'S CRIMINAL PRACTICE 2007 Peter Murphy and John Phillips Oxford University Press, 2006 ISBN-10: 0-19-920591-4/ ISBN-13: 978-0-19-920591-2; price £165 HB Reviewed by Jon Mack There are several sources of information on the current position of the criminal law. Police officers may turn to the trusty Beat Officer's Companion or Butterworths Police Law. Typically, younger officers may use online services, such as NCALT or the Police National Legal Database (PNLD) maintained by West Yorkshire Police. Lawyers and academics may prefer the soph- istication of LexisNexis or WestLawUK. Statutes, parliamentary publications, and House of Lords opinions are also directly and freely available online from the Stationery Office. The question which arises is: what place does a book have in the fast-paced modern world of criminal law and practice? Your answer probably depends on your knowledge and experience of using online services. Yet, even a glance at the spine of this book should tell the prospective reader enough about its provenance to dispel any misgivings. Blackstone's Criminal Practice 2007 is, quite simply, excel- lent. An annual publication, it is an encyclopedia of the rules and regulations of the criminal justice system. However, publishing a tome such as this once a year may not be often enough to keep up with the legislative whimsy of government, so Oxford University Press has a companion website, with quarterly updates on developments in the law. The content of these updates goes far beyond that offered by comparable updates, such as CENTREX's monthly updates. The breadth and depth of the analysis is wonderful, and, while it may not be much practical use for a police officer, it should certainly provoke discussion and debate among colleagues as to the likely implica- tions of new law. The text of the book is in a new format, and is divided into six parts. One of the shortest is the section on the criminal law. The Police Journal, Volume 80 (2007)

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