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Criminal Investigation

Law and Practice

  • 2nd Edition - March 27, 2001
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Michael F. Brown
  • Language: English

This textbook provides students and law enforcement officers with the fundamentals of the criminal investigation process, from arrival on the scene to trial procedures. Written in… Read more

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Description

This textbook provides students and law enforcement officers with the fundamentals of the criminal investigation process, from arrival on the scene to trial procedures. Written in a clear and simple style, Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice surpasses traditional texts by presenting a unique combination of legal, technical, and procedural aspects of the criminal investigation. The hands-on approach taken by the author helps to increase the learning experience.

Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice, Second Edition, has been written to provide future law enforcement officers with a basic understanding of the investigative process. It merges two areas that are crucial to the successful completion of an investigation: the law, both criminal and procedural, and criminal investigative techniques. It is writen to provide the student investigator with the information needed to complete and investigation that can result in a successful prosecution.

Key features

- comprehensive coverage of the criminal investigation, from arrival on the scene to trial procedures

-unique combination of legal, technical, and procedural aspects of criminal investigation

-many updated cases, many personally experienced by the author.

Readership

Undergraduate and community college criminal justice/law enforcement students

Table of contents

Introduction to Criminal Investigation; The Investigator and the Law; Managing Criminal Investigations and the Intelligence Function; Collection and Preservation of Evidence; Investigative Leads; Interviewing; Interrogation of Suspects; Crimes of Violence: Assaults, Injury, and Death Investigation; Sex Offences; Robbery, Burglary, and Stealing Investigation; Arson and Bomb Investigation; Drug Investigations; Fugitive Investigation, Case Preparation and Presentation of Evidence; Criminal Investigations in the 20th Century.

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 17, 2001
  • Language: English

About the author

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Michael F. Brown

Affiliations and expertise
Southeast Missouri State University