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CRIME IN ITALY (FROM EXERCISE EUROPA - 12TH SENIOR COMMAND COURSE, JUNE 1975)

NCJ Number
32460
Author(s)
W M JOHNSTON
Date Published
1975
Length
12 pages
Annotation
OVERVIEW REPORT ON CRIME PATTERNS AND METHODS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN ITALY BY A SENIOR BRITISH POLICE OFFICER FEATURING AN ASSESSMENT OF METHODS AND COMPARISON WITH THE POLICE SYSTEM IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Abstract
THE REPORT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: ORGANISATION TO DEAL WITH SERIOUS CRIME - INCLUDING KIDNAPPING, HI-JACKING AND TERRORISM; TRAVELLING CRIMINALS AND LIAISON BETWEEN COUNTRIES; CRIME INTELLIGENCE GATHERING, COLLATION AND DISTRIBUTION; CRIME PREVENTION; AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. ALSO COVERED ARE METHODS OF INVESTIGATION, RULES OF EVIDENCE, ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE, AND FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE COURTS OF TRIAL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)