Synopsis
This updated and expanded edition of Be Your Own Detective includes the new technological advances in the art of snooping. High-tech devices developed for the most part by the military—night vision goggles, bugging and tapping equipment, sound amplification dishes are all now available (at reasonable to staggering prices) at the neighborhood electronics shop. The worldwide web is an amazing one-stop source of information. Authors Fallis and Greenberg have compiled the host of opportunities offered by the web and point out how they may be accessed most efficiently and effectively.
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About the Author
Fallis is an experienced investigator. He holds a Ph.D in Sociology of Justice.
From Library Journal
Long-time private eye Fallis and criminal lawyer Greenberg promise here "to teach you to do all the things detectives do." They discuss how to do surveillance; how to follow the paper trail of public and private records (even sifting through trash); how to trace missing persons; do interviews; and examine evidence. This instruction, plus numerous anecdotes, provides an entertaining, informative, and interesting look at a little-known occupation. However, as a self-teaching manual for amateurs, this book is only partly successful. In some cases not enough detail is provided, and while the authors do distinguish legal from illegal detective methods, at times they fail to rule out the impractical and unsafe. Several recent books on detective work are available; Ted Gunderson and Roger McGovern's How To Locate Anyone Anywhere Without Leaving Home ( LJ 8/89), for example, thoroughly covers one topic, missing persons. Fallis and Greenberg take on the whole subject of detective methods but with uneven results. Recommended, but with reservations.
- Mary Jane Brustman, SUNY at Albany Libs.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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