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Fundamentals of criminal Investigation / by Charles E. O'Hara and Gregory L. O'Hara.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Hara, Charles E., author.
- O'Hara, Gregory L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal investigation.
- Criminal procedure.
- Evidence, Expert.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (908 pages)
- Edition:
- Seventh edition
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The purpose of this book is to bring the reader to an intermediate level of attainment in the main branches of investigation. From this point he may be able to proceed, with the help of other literature and his experience, to specialized fields of crime detection or non-criminal inquiry. It is the object of the book to introduce the student to investigative work in such a way that he shall, on the one hand, learn what is meant by a complete investigation and acquaint himself with the proofs of the most important crimes, and, on the other, become familiar with the employment of technical method
- Contents:
- Methods of investigation
- The investigator's notebook
- Report writing
- Crime scene search
- Photographing the crime scene
- Crime scene sketch
- Care of evidence
- Interviews
- Interrogations
- Admissions, confessions and written statements
- Recording interviews and interrogations
- Informants
- Tracing and sources of information
- Missing persons
- Surveillance
- Undercover assignments
- Arson
- Narcotics violations
- Sex offenses
- Larceny
- Burglary
- Robbery
- Forgery
- Homicide
- Assault
- Criminal explosions
- Rules of evidence
- Testimony in court
- Observation and description
- Identification by witnesses
- Fingerprints and the mechanics of recording
- Latent fingerprints
- Classification of fingerprints
- Casting
- Various impressions
- Broken glass
- Firearms
- Tracing materials and detective dyes
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780398084431
- 0398084432
- OCLC:
- 689997446
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