CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

• NCJ Number: 43167
• Author(s): J J HORGAN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 413 pages
• Sale Source: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PRIMARILY A TEXT FOR A COURSE ON CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, THIS BOOK COVERS COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE, INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES, SURVEILLANCE, AND INVESTIGATION METHODS FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF CRIME.

Abstract

AFTER EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF CAREFUL, METHODICAL SEARCH OF THE CRIME SCENE, SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION ARE GIVEN. COLLECTING, PRESERVING, AND TRANSPORTING COMMON TYPES OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ARE COVERED, THE SECTION ON FORMAL AND INFORMAL INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES EMPHASIZES THE LEGAL ASPECTS, INCLUDING INFORMING THE PERSON OF HIS RIGHTS, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES WHICH MAY WORK. DISCOVERING AND USING FINGERPRINTS IS COVERED IN DETAIL AS ARE USE OF THE CRIME LABORATORY, SOURCES OF EVIDENCE, REPORT WRITING, AND STAKEOUTS, CHECKLISTS AND GUIDELINES ARE GIVEN FOR INVESTIGATING AUTO AND MOTORCYCLE THEFTS, BURGLARY, ROBBERY, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY CASES, FRAUDULENT CHECKS, ASSAULTS, SEX CRIMES, DEATH INVESTIGATIONS, AND ARSON AND BOMB CASES. THE CHECKLISTS INCLUDE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME, TYPES OF EVIDENCE LIKELY TO BE FOUND, AND QUESTIONS WHICH SHOULD BE ASKED. THE CHAPTERS ON SEX CRIMES CONTAIN APPLICABLE LAWS AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS THE DRUG SECTION CONTAINS A GLOSSARY.