Criminal Investigation: The Art and the Science - Hardcover

Lyman, Michael D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0136133061 ISBN 13: 9780136133063

Publisher: Pearson, 2007

Synopsis

IN FULL 4-COLOR....this book presents crime detection as a dynamic field relying heavily on the past experiences of investigators as well as recent practical and technological innovations. It explores the many external variables that can influence the investigator's success and the specific methods of crime detection and prosecution of law available today. The text is intended to meet the needs of both students and professors by presenting information in a logical flowlike fashion, with a focus on the steps and considerations observed in an actual criminal investigation. 

About this title

Review:

"This text overall is very well written and easy to understand. It is student and instructor friendly. It is not overburdened with technical jargon." ― Harold Frossard, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Il

About the Author:

Michael Lyman is a member of the faculty of the Criminal Justice and Human Services Department at Columbia College of Missouri. In addition to being a teaching faculty member, he serves the Department as the Director or Graduate Studies for the Master of Science in Criminal Justice and Director of the Forensic Science Program. Prior to entering the field of college teaching, he was employed as a Special Agent for the Intelligence and Organized Crime Division (IOCD) of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and later as a Senior Intelligence Agent for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Dr. Lyman has authored five textbooks in criminal justice dealing with the areas of criminal investigation, policing, organized crime, and drug abuse. He received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wichita State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri―Columbia

 

The author welcomes communication and correspondence about his work and can be contacted at Columbia College, 1001 Rogers Street, Columbia, MO 65216.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0136133061
• ISBN 13: 9780136133063
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 648