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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.
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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 ...
The accessible manner in which the information is conveyed makes this an ideal text for a wide-ranging audience.
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.
Finding the Truth with Criminal Investigation is a comprehensive summary which covers a wide range of investigative responsibilities, all of which are regularly tasked when teaching, or training, future law enforcement personnel.
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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This book is geared to students in the Criminal Investigation course at both two- and four-year institutions, and will appeal to those aspiring to a career in any field related to criminal investigation.