Easy to read and well-organized, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, 11th Edition delivers a field-based approach to modern investigative principles and practices that is strongly grounded in current research. Demonstrating techniques and practical applications, the book introduces long-standing tools, practices, and policies alongside the latest innovations in technology and science to give readers and future criminal justice professionals a broad perspective of criminal investigations today. Topics covered include D.N.A. evidence, terrorism and homeland security, the increasing standard of proof for stop vs. search/arrest vs. conviction, cybercrime, crimes against children, forensics and physical evidence, investigative photography and sketching, identity theft, white-collar crime, and ethics, among many others. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
The manner in which criminal investigators are trained is neither uniform nor consistent, ranging from sophisticated training protocols in some departments to on-the-job experience alongside senior investigators in others.
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, records, and physical evidence.
A candid, real-world look at investigations, from crime scene to courtroom, shared by an ACTUAL investigator.
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Easy to read and well-organized, Criminal Investigation, 11th edition provides a practical, field-based approach to the modern investigative principles and practices you need to succeed in criminal justice.
In September, New Scotland Yard detectives received a tip regarding an odd man named Colin Stagg. For the next year, he became their investigative focus, and in August 1993, after a covert operation involving a ...
While Fuhrman checked the area around the air-conditioning unit, Detective Phillips called Simpson at the Chicago hotel in which he was staying and notified him of the murder of his ex-wife. According to Phillips, Simpson never asked ...
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Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice, Second Edition, has been written to provide future law enforcement officers with a basic understanding of the investigative process.
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