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Books : Criminal Investigation: The Art and the Science (5th Edition) (MyCrimeKit Series)In association with Amazon.comby: Michael D. Lyman  List Price: $88.40 Amazon.com's Price: $67.13 You Save: $21.27 (24%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 363.25 EAN: 9780136133063 ISBN: 0136133061 Label: Prentice Hall Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 648 Publication Date: July 01, 2007 Publisher: Prentice Hall Studio: Prentice Hall Sales Rank: 14725 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 in today. Fundamentals of criminal investigation–Explores the fundamentals of criminal investigation as practiced by actual police officers on the job. Theory and practice—Blends scientific theories of crime detection with a practical approach to criminal investigation. Duties of both the uniformed officer and criminal investigator–Outlines the duties of each participant while considering the fundamental need for both groups to work in together. Role of criminal investigator—Emphasizes the role of criminal investigation as a law enforcement responsibility that must be conducted within the framework of the constitution and the practices of a democratic society. Law Enforcement professionals. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great dealThe book was in wonderful shape and the delivery was quick. Great doing business with this company. Rating: - Comprehensive ReferenceCriminal Investigation: The Art and Science is an excellent reference book for overall fundamental investigative techniques and specific criminal investigation techniques for specific crimes. I frequently cite the text in the development of law enforcement courses (basic and in-service. The information in the text is current and accurate, which is typically uncommon, as most other texts on criminal investigation simply update a book's cover and neglect the content. I would highly recommend this book ... Read More Rating: - Investigating: what is it?Criminal investigation is a very poplular subject these days with all of the CSI's and Law an Orders, but what about the facts, what is real? This book is the textbook for my Principles of Criminal Investigations class, part of my Investigatvie Services major in Criminal Justice. It very acuratly illistrates what criminal investigation is about, it is very much about the factual part of invetigations. Also it is not just about investigating the scene of a crime but its very vividly describes crimes and ... Read More Rating:  - Filled with dry, common-sense dribble...I can't believe I'm taking an entire class to cover this material. Much of it is common sense, and what's not...is on an elementary level. The book is dry, & I've read 9 chapters in just over a week. It's seriously lacking! Furthermore, I would have kept my review to myself...except for one thing...the blatant plagiarism from the author! If you read the section on Satellite Assisted Surveillance (GPS) on pages 161-163 and compare it to the original author's (Willing, R., USA Today), you'll ... Read More Rating: - A ood framework for law enforcement officers to build upon.This general textbook is written in a well-organized manner. It presents the common topics associated with criminal investigations: documentation, report writing, suspect identification and methods used for crime scene surveys. The author makes use of recent court decisions during the presentation of his topics. The chapters are logically placed so that it is easy to see how an investigation would take place. There are several illustrations and drawings, which help the reader identify the topic being ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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