- 361 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
This textbook provides students and law enforcement officers with the fundamentals of the criminal investigation process, from arrival on the scene to trial procedures. Written in a clear and simple style, Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice surpasses traditional texts by presenting a unique combination of legal, technical, and procedural aspects of the criminal investigation. The hands-on approach taken by the author helps to increase the learning experience.Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice, Second Edition, has been written to provide future law enforcement officers with a basic understanding of the investigative process. It merges two areas that are crucial to the successful completion of an investigation: the law, both criminal and procedural, and criminal investigative techniques. It is writen to provide the student investigator with the information needed to complete and investigation that can result in a successful prosecution.- comprehensive coverage of the criminal investigation, from arrival on the scene to trial procedures-unique combination of legal, technical, and procedural aspects of criminal investigation-many updated cases, many personally experienced by the author.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Criminal Investigation
- Chapter 2. The Investigator and the Law
- Chapter 3. Managing Criminal Investigations and the Intelligence Function
- Chapter 4. Collection and Preservation of Evidence
- Chapter 5. Investigative Leads
- Chapter 6. Interviewing
- Chapter 7. Interrogation of Suspects
- Chapter 8. Crimes of Violence: Assaults, Injury, and Death Investigation
- Chapter 9. Sex Offenses
- Chapter 10. Robbery, Burglary, and Stealing Investigation
- Chapter 11. Arson and Bomb Investigation
- Chapter 12. Drug Investigations
- Chapter 13. Fugitive Investigation, Case Preparation, and Presentation of Evidence
- Chapter 14. Criminal Investigations in the Twenty-First Century
- Appendix: Expanding the Patrol Officer's Role in Criminal Investigation and Assignment of Cases
- Glossary
- Index
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