Screen LibraryCriminal investigation：a method for reconstructing the past
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Anderson Pub.,
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| Publisher Address: | [Cincinnati, OH] |
| Publication Dates: | c2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 817 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1593459602 9781593459604 |
| Index Number: | D918 |
| CLC: | D918 |
| Call Number: | D918/O852/4th.ed. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Section I. The foundation and principles of criminal investigation. Part A. Sources and uses of information. Chap. 1. The investigator : responsibilities and attributes : origins and trends -- Chap. 2. Physical evidence : development, interpretation, investigative value -- Chap. 3. Physical evidence : discovery, preservation, collection, transmission -- Chap. 4. People as a source of information -- Chap. 5. Records and files : investigative uses and sources--public and private -- Part B. Seeking and obtaining information : people and records. Chap. 6. Interviews : obtaining information from witnesses -- Chap. 7. Records and files : nurtured resource or arid archive? -- Chap. 8. Informants : cultivation and motivation -- Part C. Follow-up measures : reaping information. Chap. 9. Surveillance : a fact-finding tool--legality and practice -- Chap. 10. Eyewitness identification : guidelines and procedures -- Chap. 11. Interrogation : purpose and principles -- Chap. 12. Interrogation of suspects and hostile witnesses : guidelines and procedures -- Section II. Applying the principles to criminal investigations. Chap. 13. Reconstructing the past : methods, evidence, examples -- Chap. 14. Homicide -- Chap. 15. Robbery -- Chap. 16. Rape and other sex crimes -- Chap. 17. Burglary -- Chap. 18. Arson -- Section III. Specialized investigations. Chap. 19. Terrorism -- Chap. 20. Information technology -- Chap. 21. Enterprise crime : organized, economic, and white-collar crime -- Chap. 22. The automobile and crime -- Section IV. Specialized topics. Chap. 23. What is crime? -- Chap. 24. Managing criminal investigations -- Chap. 25. Control over investigations through constitutional law -- Chap. 26. Evidence and effective testimony -- Chap. 27. Putting it all together : the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Chap. 28. Landmark case in criminal investigation : the Lindbergh kidnapping case -- Chap. 29. Satanism, cults, and ritual crime -- Chap. 30. Raids : reflections on their management -- Chap. 31. Miscarriages of justice -- Appendix 1. FBI suggestions for packaging physical evidence -- Appendix 2. Photographing the crime scene -- Appendix 3. ViCAP crime analysis report -- Appendix 4. Missing person investigation checklists -- Appendix 5. Glossary -- Index -- About the authors. 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 -- synthesizing "tried and true" wisdom with newer technological advances in the field. |