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Perverting the Course of Justice: The Hilarious and Shocking Inside Story of British Policing (Paperback)

by Inspector Gadget (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Monday Books (2 Sep 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1906308047
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906308049
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,640 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Welcome to Modern Britain - a country where you can be arrested for pinching a few crisps from a schoolfriend, throwing cream cakes or denying the existence of Santa Claus - while burglars, muggers and drug dealers go about their business unmolested by the forces of law and order.

Two years on from the ground-breaking 'Wasting Police Time' and 'Diary of an On Call Girl', the trilogy is complete - as the most senior police officer to date breaks ranks to tell the shocking truth about the collapse of the country's criminal justice system.

'Inspector Gadget' - writing anonymously for fear of the sack - tells how things have got worse, not better.

More targets, more paperwork and more lunacy... as the government and senior police officers pretend everything's OK.

With access to statistics about frontline police strength (much lower than you think), exclusive inside information and detailed analysis, Inspector Gadget reveals how bad things really are. Controversial, gripping, authoritative and, occasionally, very funny - this book takes readers where the powers-that-be don't want them to go.

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Targets, paperwork diversity . . . , 11 Sep 2008
By Damaskcat (UK) - See all my reviews
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It seems to be a common theme amongst those members of the police force who have broken ranks and described modern policing that most time is taken up with covering one's back and paperwork. Targets must be met whatever the cost which inevitably leads to concentration on minor, easily solved crimes rather than anything which is going to take a mountain of paperwork to complete. However this book is the very opposite of a rant against the status quo. The essence of police work shines through; the tragedy and the comedy and the great variety of humanity who may encounter the wrong side of the law together with those who turn to the police for help and receive what they need. I found it of absorbing interest and would recommend it to anyone who has even the vaguest interest in law and order and how it works - or doesn't work.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gadget tells us what his bosses don't want us to hear., 13 Sep 2008
By Mr. R. I. Moir "robertmoir" (UK) - See all my reviews
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I've been reading Gadget's blog for a while and picked this up out of curiosity. It's more of what was already published in the blog, but I certainly don't mean that in a bad way; this book is very well written and makes for a compelling read. Gadget's passion for doing a good job and frustration at being unable to do so as well as he'd like is apparent through the book, as is the emotional turmoil he feels at some of the appalling things he has seen and awful people he is forced to deal with.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 100% True!, 13 Sep 2008
By L. S. Douglas (Sunny Gateshead) - See all my reviews
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I am a serving polce officer and can say that after reading this book there is not one thing described I have not come across or thought. It is a great read and sadly very funny and very true. A MUST READ for every senior police officer, senior civil servant, journalist and politician in the land.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great insight
After having read "Wasting Police Time" and as a serving officer I was looking forward to another truthful insight of modern British Policing. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Gdraft

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, shame it's so true...
Have read 'Wasting Police Time' and this is equally as entertaining. Was very interesting to hear the take on things from somebody a bit higher up in the ranks. Read more
Published 4 months ago by E. Stewart

3.0 out of 5 stars You're Nicked My Son
We've had Dave Copperfields book (and excellent blog), then Diary of an On-Call Girl, now the Inspector has called (hee hee - soz couldn't resist). Read more
Published 4 months ago by Icemaiden

3.0 out of 5 stars give a man an axe
and he will grind it, repeatedly. Unfortunatle this book got tedious, not the best way to win arguments. Read more
Published 7 months ago by karen bennett

5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining! But...
This is an excellent book and deserves to be read. Anyone who works in the police (or any A&E department or ambulance service come to that) doesnt have to ask whether its true... Read more
Published 8 months ago by P. O'Neill

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Read
Having read Wasting Police Time: The Crazy World of the War on Crime and Diary of an On-call Girl: True Stories from the Front Line and loved them both I thought I would give this... Read more
Published 10 months ago by susie

1.0 out of 5 stars Dismal rubbish
What a dismal little book this is. It reads like a disgruntled ten year olds' diary. From cover to cover, the anonymous State stooge relentlessly whines and whines, never once... Read more
Published 11 months ago by A N Other

1.0 out of 5 stars I never found it hilarious or shocking
I 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. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Prime-Buyer

5.0 out of 5 stars ... awesome
As 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. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Michael Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars 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!
Published 13 months ago by N. ross

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