The Process of Investigation: Concepts and Strategies for Investigators in the Private Sector - Hardcover

Sennewald CPP, Charles A.; Tsukayama CPP CFE PCI, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128001666 ISBN 13: 9780128001660

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014

Synopsis

The Process of Investigation, Fourth Edition addresses the needs of today’s private sector investigative professional by providing a full-spectrum treatment of the investigative process, from case inception and investigative strategy selection to executing complex investigative techniques, to creating reports useful for corporate, legal, and prosecutorial purposes. Continuing in the tradition of its previous editions, The Process of Investigation, Fourth Edition covers essential topics overlooked in books on the public aspects of investigation. Investigative skills such as surveillance techniques, interviewing and interrogation, collecting and documenting evidence, and taking confessions and written statements are all discussed, and supplemented with updated case studies and examples from the authors’ own professional experiences.

• Teaches the fundamentals of the investigative process and serves as a valuable reference tool for both the student and the professional
• Experienced professionals can brush up on seldom-used specialty skills, and reconsider existing methods and approaches
• Includes a new chapter on discrimination investigations

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Review

A practical guide for private sector investigators on how to conduct comprehensive investigations

About the Author

Charles A. Sennewald
Independent security management consultant, expert witness, and author, internationally based

Charles “Chuck Sennewald CSC, CPP, is an independent security management consultant and expert witness and the author of numerous Butterworth-Heinemann titles, including "Effective Security Management"; "Security Consulting"; "Retail Crime, Security and Loss Prevention: An Encyclopedic Reference;" "From the Files of a Security Expert Witness"; and earlier editions of this book "The Process of Investigation." Chuck is a graduate of California State University - Los Angeles with a BS degree in Police Science and Administration. Chuck is also the founder and first president of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC), and is a long-time member of ASIS International. He has lectured and is read in countries around the globe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0128001666
• ISBN 13: 9780128001660
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 368