The Criminal Investigative Function - 3rd Edition: A Guide for New Investigators - Softcover

Giacalone, Joseph L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608851796 ISBN 13: 9781608851799

Publisher: Looseleaf Law Pubns Corp, 2016

Synopsis

Giacalone, a retired detective, describes the role of the criminal investigator, investigative strategies, and legal issues, from the perspective of the detective. He details the criminal investigative process, including how to become a detective; the criminal identification system; search and seizure; the crime scene protocol; the follow-up investigation; eyewitness identification; interview and interrogation; investigative report writing; death, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, grand larceny, theft, arson, and missing persons investigations; and trial preparation. This edition has updated court cases, additional tips, and updated investigative resources. It has new chapters on officer-involved shootings, the role of patrol officers, social media investigations, and cold case investigations; new forensic evidence techniques; references to criminal justice research and best practices; new photos and illustrations; additional boxes; law updates and changes; new techniques; new topics like DNA phenotyping, sharp and blunt force injuries, forensic crime laboratories, rape kit backlogs, the Innocence Project, NamUs 2.0, and recording of interrogations; additional questions; and ideas for research. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Edition details

• Publisher: Looseleaf Law Pubns Corp
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608851796
• ISBN 13: 9781608851799
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 377