Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers - Softcover

Lofland, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582974551 ISBN 13: 9781582974552

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2007

Synopsis

Not everything you see on your favorite crime show is accurate. In fact, a lot of it is flat out wrong. Police Procedure & Investigation helps you get your facts straight about the inner workings of law enforcement.

With a career in law enforcement that spanned nearly two decades, author Lee Lofland is a nationally acclaimed expert on police procedures and crime scene investigations who consults regularly with best-selling authors and television producers. Now you can benefit from his years of experience with Police Procedure & Investigation.

This comprehensive resource includes:

• More than 80 photographs, illustrations, and charts showing everything from defensive moves used by officers to prison cells and autopsies
• Detailed information on officer training, tools of the trade, drug busts, con air procedures, crime scene investigation techniques, and more
• First-person details from the author about his experiences as a detective, including accounts of arrests, death penalty executions, and criminal encounters

Police Procedure & Investigation is the next best thing to having a police detective personally assigned to your book!

About this title

About the Author

With a career in law enforcement that spanned nearly two decades, Lee Lofland is a nationally acclaimed expert on police procedures and crime scene investigations. He consults for many best-selling authors, and is currently working with Stuart Kaminsky on the CSI:NY series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1582974551
• ISBN 13: 9781582974552
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 386