HANDBOOK OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

• NCJ Number: 16039
• Author(s): M J Fitzgerald
• Editor(s): P B WESTON
• Date Published: 1951
• Length: 254 pages
• Sale Source: Arco Publishing Co
• Publication Type: Training (Handbook/Manual)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SET IN A SELF-INSTRUCTIVE FORMAT, THIS TEXTBOOK FOCUSES ON FIELD INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES.

Abstract

THE SUBJECT MATTER INCLUDES CHAPTERS ON INTERVIEWING VICTIMS, SUSPECTS AND WITNESSES, GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURE, SOURCES OF INFORMATION (WHICH INCLUDES INFORMANTS AS WELL AS POLICE RECORDS) AND SURVEILLANCE. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES, SPECIAL PURPOSE INTERROGATION, ADMISSIONS AND CONFESSIONS, POLICE REPORTS, AND MODUS OPERANDI FILE. THE FINAL CHAPTERS DISCUSS PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS, HABITUAL SEX OFFENDERS, RACKET INVESTIGATION, CON GAMES, AND THE SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE. A GLOSSARY OF TERMINOLOGY AND SLANG USED BY CRIMINALS IS INCLUDED. EACH CHAPTER CONTAINS A TEST FOR WHICH THE ANSWERS APPEAR IN THE REAR.