Acknowledgments

About the author

Part I Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 1 Foundations and History of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 2 The Crime Scene. Field Notes, Documenting, and Reporting

Chapter 3 Processing the Crime Scene

Part II Follow-Up Investigative Processes

Chapter 4 Identification of Criminal Suspects: Field and Laboratory Services

Chapter 5 Legal Issues in Criminal Investigation

Chapter 6 Interviews and Interrogations

Part III Obtaining Information

Chapter 7 Criminal Intelligence and Surveillance Operations

Chapter 8 Management of Informants and Undercover Operations

Part IV Crimes Against Persons

Chapter 9 Death Investigation

Chapter 10 Robbery

Chapter 11 Assault and Related Offenses

Chapter 12 Missing and Abducted Persons

Chapter 13 Crimes Against Children: Child Abuse, Child Fatalities, and Exploitation

Part V Crimes Against Property

Chapter 14 Theft-Related Offenses

Chapter 15 Arson, Bombings, and Terrorism

Part VI Vice and Profit-Related Crime

Chapter 16 Special Investigations: Drugs Trafficking and Gangs

Chapter 17 Special Investigations: White-Collar, Corporate, and Computer-Related Crimes

Part VII Prosecution

Chapter 18 Preparation for Court

Appendix A Collection and Preservation of Physical Evidence

Appendix B Cases

Glossary

Index