Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Crime and Corruption at the Yard, Hardback Book

Crime and Corruption at the Yard Hardback

Hardback

Item not Available

Description

During David Woodland's 19 years' service with the Metropolitan Police, the 'thin blue line' came under intense pressure.

In addition to the routine caseload of gang crime, murder and armed robbery, Irish terrorist groups launched a vicious and prolonged terror campaign. The Author, a Detective Inspector in the Crime Intelligence Branch at New Scotland Yard, witnessed a series of major scandals.

He reveals why many otherwise honest detectives strove to rectify defects in the law that allowed professional criminals to evade justice.

When Sir Robert Marks, the newly appointed Police Commissioner, described the CID as 'the most routinely corrupt organisation in London', there may have been more than an element of truth in his extraordinary claim but it devastated the public's credibility in the CID.

Using his own cases and experience, he demonstrates the difficulties faced by a depleted, demoralised Police Force not least 'the enemy within'.

Crime and Corruption at The Yard is a gripping, shocking and instructive insider's account of sharp end police work.

Salutary lessons are learnt about the effect of PC and 'human rights' on the preservation of law and order.

Information

Save 22%

£19.99

£15.49

Item not Available
Item not Available
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information