NCJ Number
32456
Date Published
1975
Length
60 pages
Annotation
OVERVIEW REPORTS ON CRIME PATTERNS AND METHODS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN BELGIUM, WEST GERMANY, HOLLAND, AND ITALY COMPILED BY SENIOR BRITISH POLICE OFFICERS FOLLOWING VISITS TO THOSE COUNTRIES.
Abstract
THE REPORT TREATS 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; DRUG TRAFFICKING; AND ASSESSMENT OF METHODS AND COMPARISON WITH GREAT BRITAIN. ALSO COVERED ARE METHODS OF INVESTIGATION, RULES OF EVIDENCE, ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE, AND FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE COURTS OF TRIAL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)