Turner - Australian Police Journal

April 1955

FINGERPRINTS
The Viscid Period
HISTORICAL
The Dick Turpin Myth
HISTORICAL
The Early History of Trial in English Law, Including Ordeals and Juries
HOMICIDE
The French Case
EVIDENCE
Documentary Evidence
SEARCH AND RESCUE
The Behaviour of Human Bodies in Water
HISTORICAL
Victoria Police, A Historical Review
ALCOHOL
Alcohol and Crime
TECHNICAL NOTES
Determination of Amount of Alcoholic Liquor Consumed
Identification of Wood Bit
LEGAL
Inquiry Desk

LEGAL
Police Problems in Drunken Driving Cases
SUICIDE
Attempted Suicide is an Offence
COURT PROCEDURES
Hostile Witnesses
TECHNICAL NOTES
Compulsory Chemical Tests for Intoxication
Television in Police Work
‘Photo Traffic’ Camera
Radar as Evidence of Vehicle’s Speed
ADMINISTRATION
Police Administration in Queensland

POLICE PROCEDURES
Police Notebooks in Evidence
INTERNATIONAL POLICING
American Law Enforcement
BOOK REVIEWS
Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction
Gambling, Should it be Legalised
LARCENY
Larcenies
FORENSICS
Document Photography
POLICE PROCEDURES
Examination and Cross Examination of Witnesses
TECHNICAL NOTES
Eyestrain and the Fingerprint Classifier
Alcohol Tests – Relationship between Blood and Breath Percentages
Forged Totalizator Tickets
HISTORICAL
The Western Australia Police

LEGAL
Restitution of Property in Criminal Cases
EQUIPMENT
The Lie Detector Part II
HOMICIDE
Murder on a Central Pacific Island
LEGAL
Competency of Witnesses
TECHNICAL NOTES
Blood and Urine Alcohol Tests in ‘Driving Under the Influence’ Charges
How Accurate is Pacing?
Cutting Ring
The Effect of Alcohol
HISTORICAL
Police Establishment in New South Wales – Part 2

EQUIPMENT
Making Your Own Equipment – Part II
BOOK REVIEW
The Colonial Police
LEGAL
Traffic Offences – Criminal Responsibility, Civil and Criminal Negligence, Contributory Negligence and Manslaughter
EQUIPMENT
The Telephone in Police Communications
MENTAL DYSFUNCTION
The Straffen Case
FORENSICS
The Functions of the Forensic Science Laboratory in Criminal Investigations
LEGAL
Wilful and Obscene Exposure
TECHNICAL NOTES
A Homemade Pistol
Death from Lightning
Identification of Textile Pattern in Hit-run Investigation
HISTORY
Police Establishment in New South Wales – Part I

PUBLIC RELATIONS
More About Public Relations
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Advice to Young Detectives
LEGAL
Admissibility of ‘Complaints’
COMMUNICATIONS
Instruction of Probationary Constables in Police Force Communications
STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLES
Investigation Tips in Auto Thefts
ARSON
The West Wyalong Fires
LEGAL
Opinions of Experts
BOOK REVIEW
Crime Investigation – Physical Evidence and the Police Laboratory
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
The Double Circle Roadblock System
TECHNICAL NOTES
Some Suicide Statistics
Traces of Gloves
Watermarks and the Investigator in Document Cases
LECTURE
Habitual Criminals – Licence Holders – First Offenders etc – Part II