FUNDAMENTALS OF
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

By Charles O'Hara And Gregory O'Hara

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7th edition 928 pp., 6 x 9, 76 il.

Now in it's 7th edition, this excellent work has been hailed as the world's best authority on the subject of criminal investigation and is used by leading colleges, law enforcement agencies, criminologists and top law firms since 1956. In 928 pages, this hallmark standard covers almost every known segment of criminal investigation. From crine scene investigation to searching for information-from the care and procurement of evidence to expert techniques for interviewing and interrogation-and from high tech scientific forensic methods to specific types of criminal cases-this work is an overwhelming and extensive knowledge base of criminal investigation like no other. Every conceivable method of criminal investigation and evidence collection is covered, indexed and referenced to hand you the extensive knowledge you need to conduct various types of criminal investigations.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface To Seventh Edition
Introduction
List of Tables

PART I: GENERAL
1. Methods of Investigation
2. The Investigator’s Notebook
3. Report Writing

PART II: INITIAL STEPS
4. Crime Scene Search
5. Photographing the Crime Scene
6. Crime Scene Sketch
7. Care of Evidence

PART III: OBTAINING INFORMATION
8. Interviews
9. Interrogations
10. Admissions, Confessions and Written Statements
11. Recording Interviews and Interrogations
12. Informants
13. Tracing and Sources of Information
14. Missing Persons
15. Surveillance
16. Undercover Assignments

PART IV: SPECIFIC OFFENSES
17. Arson
18. Narcotics Violations
19. Sex Offenses
20. Larceny
21. Burglary
22. Robbery
23. Forgery
24. Homicide
25. Assault
26. Criminal Explosions

PART V: THE INVESTIGATOR IN COURT
27. Rules of Evidence
28. Testimony in Court

PART VI: IDENTIFICATION AND REPRODUCTION
29. Observation and Description
30. Identification by Witnesses
31. Fingerprints and the Mechanics of Recording
32. Latent Fingerprints
33. Classification of Fingerprints
34. Casting
35. Various Impressions
36. Broken Glass
37. Firearms
38. Tracing Materials and Detective Dyes

Appendix 1. White-Collar Crime
Appendix 2. Suggestions for Law Enforcement Agencies
Appendix 2. Transmitting Evidence to the FBI Laboratory
Glossary
Index

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