a method for reconstructing the past Osterburg, James W. creator Ward, Richard H. text bibliography nju Albany, NY] LexisNexis/Anderson Pub. 2010 6th ed. monographic eng

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xxvi, 651 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Presents the fundamentals of criminal investigation and provides a method for reconstructing a past event based on three major sources of information - people, physical evidence and records. This title offers an approach to criminal investigation The investigator : responsibilities and attributes; origins and trends -- Physical evidence : development, interpretation, investigative value -- The crime scene : discovery, preservation, collection, and transmission of evidence -- People as a source of information -- Records and files : investigative uses and sources -- Interviews : obtaining information from witnesses -- Informants : cultivation and motivation -- Surveillance : a fact-finding tool--legality and practice -- Eyewitness identification : guidelines and procedures -- Interrogation : purpose and principles -- Interrogation of suspects and hostile witnesses : guidelines and procedures -- Managing criminal investigations -- Reconstructing the past : methods, evidence, examples -- Crime and constitutional law : the foundations of criminal investigation -- Evidence and effective testimony -- Homicide -- Robbery -- Rape and other sex crimes -- Burglary -- Arson and explosives -- Increasing threats and emerging crime -- Terrorism and urban disorder -- Computers and technological crime -- Enterprise crime : organized, economic, and white-collar crime. James W. Osterburg, Richard H. Ward. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Criminal investigation Criminal investigation United States La investigación Criminal La investigación Criminal Estados Unidos HV 8073 O85c 2010 363.25 9781422463284 (softbound) 1422463281 (softbound) 2010003726 DLC 100208 20230410120800.0 115154