Pre-course material

• Required reading about stages in an investigation, prosecutions, ways of bringing people to court and offences
• A series of structured learning tasks where delegates use real investigations to relate their understanding of the pre-course work
• Delegates are required to identify a range of investigation examples to support the classroom learning

Course Content

• Planning an investigation – the life cycle of investigations
• Key points for investigation supervision
• Police and CPS liaison
• Development of protocols with other organisations
• Ways of bringing people to court
• Mens rea, standard of proof and burden of proof
• Criminal justice guidelines
• Appropriate sections of relevant legislation to include:

• Theft Act 1968
• Criminal Attempts Act 1981
• Criminal Law Act 1967
• Fraud Act 2006
• Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981
• Identity Documents Act 2010
• Bribery Act 2010
• Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
• Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996

Assessment

• One multiple choice objective choice test
• Assessed learning log where the delegate reviews their current investigation activity and relates it to the key elements of this course.