Synopses & Reviews
This text presents the fundamentals of criminal investigation and provides a sound method for reconstructing a past event (i.e., a crime) based on three major sources of information - people, physical evidence and records. More than a simplistic introductory text, yet written in an easy-to-read, user-friendly format, it offers a broad approach to criminal investigation.
- Dozens of photographs, graphics, table, charts and diagrams supplement the text.
- A glossary elaborates on terms found in the text, gathered into one handy reference.
Table of Contents
Section I: The Foundation and Principles of Criminal Investigation Part A: Sources and Uses of Information
1 The Investigator: Responsibilities and Attributes: Origins and Trends
2 Physical Evidence: Development, Interpretation, Investigative Value
3 The Crime Scene: Discovery, Preservation, Collection, and Transmission of Evidence
4 People as a Source of Information
Part B: Seeking and Obtaining Information: People and Records
5 Records and Files: Investigative Uses and Sources
6 Interviews: Obtaining Information from Witnesses
7 Informants: Cultivation and Motivation
Part C: Follow-Up Measures: Reaping Information
8 Surveillance: A Fact-finding Tool-Legality and Practice
9 Eyewitness Identification: Guidelines and Procedures
10 Interrogation: Purpose and Principles
11 Interrogation of Suspects and Hostile Witnesses: Guidelines and Procedures
Section II: Applying the Principles to Criminal Investigation
12 Managing Criminal Investigations
13 Reconstructing the Past: Methods, Evidence, Examples
14 Crime and Constitutional Law: The Foundations of Criminal Investigation
15 Evidence and Effective Testimony
16 Homicide
17 Robbery
18 Rape and Other Sex Crimes
19 Burglary
20 Arson and Explosives
Section III: Special Topics
21 Increasing Threats and Emerging Crime
22 Terrorism and Urban Disorder
23 Computers and Technological Crime
24 Enterprise Crime: Organized, Economic, and White-Collar Crime