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Perverting the Course of Justice: The Hilarious and Shocking Inside Story of British PolicingSnagging.org In association with Amazon.co.ukOnline Shop | Property Guides | Kitchen & Home | Garden Tools | Power Tools | Consumer Electronics Get the Snagging Checklist Here! Perverting the Course of Justice: The Hilarious and Shocking Inside Story of British Policing by: Inspector Gadget  List Price: £7.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £4.99 You Save: £3.00 (38%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9781906308049 ISBN: 1906308047 Label: Monday Books Manufacturer: Monday Books Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: September 02, 2008 Publisher: Monday Books Studio: Monday Books Related Items:
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 Rating:  - I never found it hilarious or shockingI have given this a one star review as anything else would not have been correctly reflected among the previous reviews. This book contains alot of hypocrisy. For example berating defence solictors for defending their clients against charges laid - whilst admitting that because of government targets alot of people are being charged with offences that once upon a time they would not have been. It is rather like saying - we act in a way that is morally corrupt - but no one else can. Rating: - ... awesomeAs a front-line response inspector, like Mr GADGET, I read this book and both laughed and cried with equal measure, finishing it the day I bought it. I then immediately gave it to my Dad to let him read of my world and have already bought six copies for Christmas presents for other family / friends. GADGET's insights sum up all that it has been my privilege to witness in over 10 years of operational policing at the sharp end and that this man does my specific job made it all the more engaging. This is spot-on-the-money, intelligent, sufficiently angry, no-ranting exactitude. Your police force does not do what you think it does and does not fail you for the reasons you think: here's why. Rating: - Must read! For anyone even remotely intrested in the Police!This is a great book! which to be honest is on one of those must read books for anyone who either has anything to do with or an intrest in the Police service! Rating: - Depressing but entertaining - yes, an odd combination, but trueI've never had any negative contact with the Police, or with the world described in the book. I don't (or didn't) think of myself as sheltered, but perhaps I should consider myself lucky? This book, and the two other sources I've read recently (Diary of an On-call Girl: True Stories from the Front Line and the blog from which Wasting Police Time: The Crazy World of the War on Crime was developed), have been been eye opening and very entertaining. Blogg's and Gadget's books complement each other well; the jobs of a response constable and response inspector give different views of a very similar sounding reality - I recommend them both. From what I've seen of Copperfield's blog I suspect that his book is also well worth a read. Enjoyable (if somewhat disturbing) material. The humanity of the police staff shines through (without sounding like there're rose tinted spectacles involved), sadly the same can't be claimed of some of their 'customers'. Rating: - And all this costs the taxpayer £11 BILLION every year!Pretty much confirms what everyone suspects, the criminal underclass have nothing to fear from our criminal justice system. It's quite clear that we need 250,000 prison places ASAP and a lot more Inspector Gadgets who know the wrong 'uns to bang-up for some serious porridge. It'll never happen of course.  Try searching the Internet for "Perverting the Course of Justice: The Hilarious and Shocking Inside Story of British Policing" or Ebay for "Perverting the Course of Justice: The Hilarious and Shocking Inside Story of British Policing". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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