Synopses & Reviews
The gumshoe go-torevised and updated. Easy-to-use and fantastically inclusive, this is the book on private investigation, whether you want to establish yourself as a professional or just use some of the tools of a P.I. for your own business. You'll get the low-down on pre-employment research, tenant screening, adoption searches, safeguarding yourself from investigation, and much more.
Completely revised with all-new chapters on skip tracing and due diligence searches
Skills and techniques for average citizens, as well as professionals
Includes the most usefuland little-knowndatabases
About the Author
'Steven Kerry Brown, founder and president of Millennial Investigative Agency, began his investigative career as a special agent for the FBI. For the past 18 years, he has successfully managed his own private investigation firm. He\'s appeared on such television programs as Hard Copy and 60 Minutes, and speaks frequently before civic and professional groups.'
Table of Contents
Private investigation, business or fun? The making of a PI. Becoming your own PI. The path to the professional PI. Tools of the PI trade -- Getting the scoop. Skip tracing on the Web. Prowling the courthouse. Accessing private databases. Performing backgroound investigations -- Learning the basics. Winning the telephone game. Techniques of interview and interrogation. The neighborhood investigation. Surveillance -- Working the cases. Tricks and treats. Conducting your own crime scene investigation. Clues to infidelity. Surveillance in the home -- Advanced techniques. Catching the runaway teenager. Ins and outs of electronic surveillance. You've been robbed. Curtain call. The judges' chambers.