Criminal investigation
Subtitle: a method for reconstructing the past
By: James W. Osterburg, Richard H. Ward.
Contributors: Ward, Richard H.
Publisher: Lexis Nexis
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Providence, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781422463284
Subjects: Criminal investigation; Criminal investigation -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The investigator : responsibilities and attributes : origins and trends; title: Physical evidence : development, interpretation, investigative value; title: The crime scene : discovery, preservation, collection, and transmission of evidence; title: People as a source of information; title: Records and files : investigative uses and sources; title: Interviews : obtaining information from witnesses; title: Informants : cultivation and motivation; title: Surveillance : a fact-finding tool-legality and practice; title: Eyewitness identification : guidelines and procedures; title: Interrogation : purpose and principles; title: Interrogation of suspects and hostile witnesses : guidelines and procedures; title: Managing criminal investigations; title: Reconstructing the past : methods, evidence, examples; title: Crime and constitutional law : the foundations of criminal investigation; title: Evidence and effective testimony; title: Homicide; title: Robbery; title: Burglary; title: Arson and explosives; title: Increasing threats and emerging crime; title: Terrorism and urban disorder; title: Computers and technological crime.