The complete idiot's guide to private investigating
By: by Steren Kerry Brown
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: The complete idiot's guide
Publisher: Alpha Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781615642502
Subjects: Private investigators; Handbooks, manuals; Undercover operations; Detectives; Investigations
Other titles: Private investigating
Description: Whether you're thinking of becoming a private investigator or you're just looking for some information, you've come to the right place. This revised and updated guide gives you everything you need to know to catch cheating spouses, locate missing people, track down deadbeat parents, perform background checks, and more. --p. 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes index.

Previous ed.: c2007.
Table of contents: title: The making of a PI; title: The path to the professional PI; title: Tools of the PI trade; title: Skip tracing; title: Prowling the courthouse; title: Professional PI databases; title: Telephone secrets you need to know; title: Techniques of interview and interrogation; title: The neighborhood investigation; title: Stationary surveillance; title: Moving surveillance; title: Tricks of the trade; title: Clues to infidelity; title: Family law cases: the PI's bread and butter; title: Bringing home runaway teenagers; title: The ins and outs of electronic surveillance; title: Criminal defense cases; title: Background investigations: uncovering the dirt; title: The diligent search : adoptions and estates; title: Evidence, statements, reports, and bookkeeping; title: The judges' chambers.