Content :
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the author
Part I Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation
Chapter 1 Foundations and History of Criminal Investigation
Chapter 2 The Crime Scene. Field Notes, Documenting, and Reporting
Chapter 3 Processing the Crime Scene
Part II Follow-Up Investigative Processes
Chapter 4 Identification of Criminal Suspects: Field and Laboratory Services
Chapter 5 Legal Issues in Criminal Investigation
Chapter 6 Interviews and Interrogations
Part III Obtaining Information
Chapter 7 Criminal Intelligence and Surveillance Operations
Chapter 8 Management of Informants and Undercover Operations
Part IV Crimes Against Persons
Chapter 9 Death Investigation
Chapter 10 Robbery
Chapter 11 Assault and Related Offenses
Chapter 12 Missing and Abducted Persons
Chapter 13 Crimes Against Children: Child Abuse, Child Fatalities, and Exploitation
Part V Crimes Against Property
Chapter 14 Theft-Related Offenses
Chapter 15 Arson, Bombings, and Terrorism
Part VI Vice and Profit-Related Crime
Chapter 16 Special Investigations: Drugs Trafficking and Gangs
Chapter 17 Special Investigations: White-Collar, Corporate, and Computer-Related Crimes
Part VII Prosecution
Chapter 18 Preparation for Court
Appendix A Collection and Preservation of Physical Evidence
Appendix B Cases
Glossary
Index