Investigations: 150 Things You Should Know
- 2nd Edition - October 12, 2017
- Latest edition
- Authors: Lawrence J. Fennelly, Marianna Perry
- Language: English
Investigations: 150 Things You Should Know, Second Edition, explores the essential tips and techniques for security investigations, providing a useful reference for those at any st… Read more
Description
Description
Investigations: 150 Things You Should Know, Second Edition, explores the essential tips and techniques for security investigations, providing a useful reference for those at any stage of their security career. This practical guide covers the legal guidelines that all investigators must follow. Through anecdotes, case studies and documented procedures, the authors present the most complete collection of investigative information available. Readers in the security and law enforcement fields will find this book easy to use and understand when seeking explanations about a wide variety of investigative topics, including constitutional law, documentary evidence, surveillance equipment, interviewing, interrogating and reporting.
Key features
Key features
- Offers a comprehensive overview of security investigations
- Provides simple practical tips for busy security professionals
- Blends theory and practice with specific focus on today’s global business and social environment
- Provides legal guidelines that must be followed for proper private security investigations
Readership
Readership
Corporate directors and managers of security, specialists in investigations, physical security, emergency management, due diligence, personnel screening and information technology, security consultants, providers of security equipment and services, students in educational and training programs, candidates for CPP certification
Table of contents
Table of contents
I. The Role of the InvestigatorII. The Basics About EvidenceIII. Types of Evidence and Evidence ExaminationsIV. Conducting the InvestigationV. Crime, Investigations and the Legal System
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: October 12, 2017
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Lawrence J. Fennelly
Mr. Fennelly was previously employed with Apollo Security, Computershare, Inc., as well as a sergeant at Harvard College, employed by the Harvard University Police Department in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was trained as a crime prevention specialist and served in this capacity for over 21 years at Harvard. He was also the department’s training officer and assistant court officer. As part of his role as an officer at Harvard, Larry also was a deputy sheriff in both Suffolk and Middlesex counties (Massachusetts). Mr. Fennelly is a frequent speaker and lecturer on CPTED, physical security, school crime, and other issues. He serves as an expert witness who works closely with attorneys in defense as well as plaintiff cases, assisting in case preparation, offering knowledgeable questions to ask the opposing side, etc. He has also done a considerable amount of consultant work throughout the United States. His experience ranges from identifying vulnerabilities to conducting security and lighting surveys, working with architects to design and implement security, and developing long range guard training programs and risk assessments of various facilities. He is also a prolific author. His titles include such well-known security books as "Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design," "Effective Physical Security," and "Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention."
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