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TECHNICS FOR THE CRIME INVESTIGATOR. 2D ED.

NCJ Number
16228
Author(s)
W DIENSTEIN
Date Published
1974
Length
267 pages
Annotation
A HANDBOOK OF INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES.
Abstract
TECHNICS FOR THE CRIME INVESTIGATOR IS AN INVESTIGATION OF INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; ITS AIM IS TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURES UTILIZED IN INVESTIGATION. THIS SOURCE BOOK COVERS: OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION, SOURCES OF INFORMATION, MODUS OPERANDI, UNDERCOVER WORK, SURVEILLANCE, INTERROGATION, ARREST, SEARCH AND SEIZURE, COURT TESTIMONY, REPORT WRITING, AND PROTECTION OF FINGERPRINTS, DOCUMENTS, FIREARMS, AND NARCOTIC EVIDENCE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE CRIMINOLOGIST. THE MATERIAL PRESENTED COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF AN INVESTIGATOR AND HAS CONTINUOUS UTILITY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)