基本説明
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.
Full Description
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. Its tried-and-true system for conducting an investigation is updated with the latest techniques available, teaching the reader new ways of obtaining information from people, including mining the social media outlets now used by a broad spectrum of the public; how to navigate the labyrinth of records and files currently available online; and fresh ways of gathering, identifying, and analyzing physical evidence.
Contents
Dedication Acknowledgments Preface SECTION 1 - THE FOUNDATION AND 1. The Investigator: Responsibilities and Attributes; Origins and Trends 2. Physical Evidence: Development, Interpretation, Investigative Value 3. The Crime Scene: Discovery, Preservation and, Collection, and Transmission of Evidence 4. People as Sources of Investigation PART B - SEEKING AND OBTAINING INFORMATION: PEOPLE AND RECORDS 5. Records and Files: Investigative Uses and Sources 6. Interviews: Obtaining Information From Witnesses 7. Informants: Cultivation and Motivation PART C - FOLLOW-UP MEASURES: REAPING INFORMATION 8. Surveillance: A Fact-finding Tool - Legality and Practice 9. Eyewitness Identification: Guidelines and Procedures 10. Interrogation of Suspects and Hostile Witnesses: Guidelines and Procedures PART D - THE INFLUENCE AND 12. Crime Analysis and Coming Attractions in the Investigator's Toolbox Criminal Investigations 14. Reconstructing the Past: Methods, Evidence, Examples 15. Crime and Constitutional Law: The Foundations of Criminal Investigations 16. Evidence and Effective Testimony 17. Homicide 18. Robbery 19. Sex Crimes 20. Burglary 21. Arson and Explosives SECTION III - SPECIAL TOPICS 22. The Global Picture: Increasing Threats and Emerging Crime 23. Terrorism and Urban Disorder 24. Enterprise Crime: Organized, Economic, and White-Collar Crime
