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PRINCIPLES OF INVESTIGATION - INSTRUCTOR'S MANUAL

NCJ Number
59340
Author(s)
J P KENNEY; H W MORE JR
Date Published
1979
Length
157 pages
Annotation
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS KEYED TO A TEXT AND WORKBOOK ON CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (SEE NCJ-59339 AND 59341) ARE PRESENTED IN AN INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE.
Abstract
THE TEXT AND WORKBOOK COVER THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS: THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS, LEGAL ASPECTS OF INVESTIGATIONS, CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS, INTERVIEWING AND INTERROGATING, PROCESSING AND RECORDING THE CRIME SCENE, PROCESSING EVIDENCE FOUND AT THE SCENE, SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR, THE SUSPECT, THE VICTIM AND WITNESS AS SOURCES OF INFORMATION, THE QUALITY OF INVESTIGATIONS, AND THE INVESTIGATOR IN COURT. THE INSTRUCTOR'S MANUAL IS IN TWO SECTIONS. THE FIRST PROVIDES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATED TO EACH CHAPTER. THESE INCLUDE TRUE/FALSE STATEMENTS, MULTIPLE CHOICE PROBLEMS, AND ESSAY QUESTIONS WHICH MAY BE USED IN PREPARING QUIZZES AND TESTS. THE SECOND SECTION CONTAINS ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS AND CRIMINAL CASES PRESENTED AS EXERCISES IN THE WORKBOOK. (LKM)