Offers real-life scenarios that a student needs to truly understand criminal investigation. Topics include:

• Crime Scene Searches
• Crime Scene Photography
• Diagramming
• Fingerprinting
• Evidence and Chain of Custody
• Crimes against Property and People
• Surveillance Techniques
• Informants
• Drug and Vice
• Bombs and Explosives
• Organzied Crime and Terrorists

A former criminal investigator, author James McAuliffe has created scenarios based upon actual experiences from the field, which place the student inside a situation and make the explanation of the subject matter more clear and returnable for recall and application purposes. McAuliffe has taught Criminal Investigations at a community college and in an academy setting for nearly a decade, and this workbook is ideally suited for both groups.

1. Preliminary and Follow-Up Investigation Procedures.

2. Crime Scene Search Procedures.

3. Crime Scene Drawing and Diagramming.

4. Crime Scene Photography Techniques.

5. Lifting Latent Prints and Fingerprinting.

6. Evidence Handling Procedures and Chain of Custody Concepts.

7. Crimes against Property Preliminary Investigation of Archaeological Sites and Artifacts.

8. Death Investigations.

9. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Procedures.

10. Crimes against Persons Preliminary Investigation.

11. Surveillance Techniques and Development of Information Sources.

12. Narcotics, Dangerous Drugs, and Vice Crimes.

13. Bombs/Explosive Violations Organized Crime Familiarization and Terrorists.