Criminal Investigation: Basic Perspectives (8th Edition) - Hardcover

Paul B. Weston; Kenneth M. Wells

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9780130840400: Criminal Investigation: Basic Perspectives (8th Edition)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130840408 ISBN 13: 9780130840400

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1999

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Anecdotal in nature, this informative and clearly written book helps students discover the art and science of criminal investigation. It focuses on the legal significance of evidence in the field as it outlines the fundamentals of inquiry and then carefully details each element of investigation—from the preliminaries to case preparation for prosecutor review. Addreses such recent issues as the school shooting at Jonesboro, problems in the FBI lab, the attack on the nations' capital, and more. Three new chapters examine the tell tale signs of nature of organized crime, discusses the identification and assessment process in developing a response to a threat or threatening situation, and addresses the emerging role the investigator can anticipate to play in today's community oriented policing agency. For anyone in the criminal justice field.

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