Criminal investigation:a method for reconstructing the past : study guide

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Osterburg James W.
Group Author: Ward Richard H.; Miller Larry S.
Published: Anderson Pub.,
Publisher Address: [Cincinnati, OH]
Publication Dates: c2004.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 4th ed.
Subjects:
Carrier Form: vi, 244 p.: ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 1593459602
9781593459604
Index Number: D918
CLC: D918
Call Number: D918/O852/4th.ed./suppl.
Contents: Designed to be used in conjunction with Criminal Investigation : A Method For Reconstructing the Past, 4th ed.
A note to the student -- 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. The computer and communications 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 -- Chap. 29. Satanism, cults, and ritual crime -- Chap. 30. Raids : reflections on their management -- Chap. 31. Miscarriages of justice -- Exercises.
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