Criminal Investigation: A Method for Reconstructing the Past

ISBN-13: 9781138903272 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 672 str.

James W. Osterburg; Richard H. Ward; Larry Miller

Opis

A classic in the field, Criminal Investigation: A Method for Reconstructing the Past, 8th Edition, presents the fundamentals of criminal investigation and provides a sound method for reconstructing a crime based on three major sources of information: people, physical evidence, and records.

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SECTION I: The Foundation and Principles of Criminal Investigation;  PART A: Introduction;  1 The Role of the Investigator;  2 Physical Evidence: Development, Interpretation, Investigative Value;  3 The Crime Scene;  4 Managing Criminal Investigations;  PART B: The Investigative Function;  5 Records and Files;  PART C: Follow-Up Measures: Reaping Information;  8 Surveillance;  9 Interrogation of Suspects and Hostile Witnesses;  10 Reconstructing the Past: Methods, Evidence, Examples;  PART D: Applying the Principles to Criminal Investigation;  11 Crime and Constitutional Law;  12 Evidence and Effective Testimony;  SECTION II: Analyses of Crime;  13 Homicide 14 Robbery;  15 Rape and Other Sex Crimes;  16 Burglary;  SECTION III: Special Topics;  17 Enterprise Crime: Organized, Economic, and White-Collar Crime;  18 Arson and Explosives;  19 Computers and Technological Crime;  20 Increasing Threats and Emerging Crime 21 Terrorism and Urban Disorder Glossary;  Index