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Written by former Commanding Officer of the Manhattan Special Victims Squad Thomas P. Carney, this volume provides a day-to-day guide for investigating sex crimes.

This book provides protocols for suicide and equivocal death investigation, police action shooting investigations and a homicide supervisor's checklist. It contains state-of-the-art anatomical graphics in full color to assist the investigator in describing any injuries or wounds to the body.

Part of the "Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations" series, this book details advanced applied techniques for conducting a fire and arson investigation. It includes chapters on determining origin and cause, eliminating accidental fire causes, investigating fatal fires and vehicular fires, and documenting the fire/crime scene.

Discusses developments in the manifestation of problems involved in investigation and assessment of sexual cases. This book offers advice on dealing with these issues.

Offers models, protocols, and procedures to handle the highly charged fall-out from officer involved shootings. This book presents recommendations for post-incident support and the emotional aspect of these traumatic events, including the potential for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder suffered by the officer.

Techniques for interview and interrogation have become even more sophisticated and complex in recent years. With all chapters revised and expanded, the third edition of this bestselling book provides the latest information on establishing credibility as well as interpreting verbal and physical behavior, among other important topics. The text includes two new chapters that address juvenile interrogations and profiling. In addition, all of the existing chapters have been updated to reflect the current state of interrogation and interviewing techniques. This popular title remains essential for criminal justice professionals.

This book provides police investigators and homicide detectives with a practical method of analyzing 911 homicide calls to uncover the truth. A structured analysis of 911 homicide calls can directly aid in developing investigative leads, planning interviews and solving cases. Case examples present proven, reliable methods as to when a caller is telling the truth or not. This book lays out a framework to analyze the call to determine truth from fiction. Every member of the investigative team, from call-taker to first responder, investigator, coroner¿s investigators, and prosecutor, can contribute to the success of investigations through their knowledge of 911 call analysis.

Thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded, this second edition provides relevant, up-to-date information for field investigators to recognize, preserve, document, and interpret the physical evidence typically found after shooting incidents. In conjunction with illustrative figures and case studies, it uses step-by-step outlines to clearly describe the required analytical processes involved in reconstructing and interpreting shooting incident scenes. It also allows investigators and forensic scientists alike to apply a logical thought process to the evaluation of shooting scene evidence in order to establish the probable related events to the shooting incident.

Covers the principles of kinesics, including how to determine behavior from speech and body language, and how behavior is often exhibited in written statements. This book contains chapters covering the electronic recording of interviews, tools of influence and compliance, interviewing psychopaths, interviewing children, and false confessions.

Based on over 44 years of the author¿s hands-on experience in the field, this book provides a comprehensive, authoritative text on the recognition, recovery, examination, and presentation of footwear impression evidence. Covering all aspects of footwear evidence, including footwear manufacturing, shoe grading and sizing, examination procedures, barefoot evidence, reporting, testifying, and prosecution and defense issues, the book serves an invaluable resource for law enforcement, forensic, investigative, and legal professionals.

This latest edition addresses rape and sexual assaults from all clinical, pathological, medical, and legal aspects. The book focuses on the victim and covers contemporary issues in sexual violence, investigative aspects of rape and sexual assault, offender fantasy, the personality of the offender, collection of evidence, medical examinations, and treatment, as well as trial preparation issues. Special topics include pedophiles, female and juvenile offenders, drug-facilitated rape, sexual sadism, elder abuse, and sexual assault within the military.

Renowned for being THE definitive resource for homicide investigators, this book presents the recognized protocols used by investigative divisions of major police departments throughout the world. Now in its fifth edition, with new case histories and techniques to reflect the latest forensic methods and investigative procedures.

Written by the nation's foremost authority on gunshot wounds and forensic techniques as they relate to firearm injuries, this third edition of a bestseller provides critical updates to information on gunshot wounds and the weapons and ammunition used to inflict them. The book describes practical aspects of ballistics, wound ballistics, and the classification of various wounds caused by handguns, bang guns, rifles, and shotguns. It also explains autopsy techniques, procedures, and laboratory analyses relating to weapons and gunshot evidence.

This book covers every aspect of the informant and cooperating witness dynamic¿a controversial technique shrouded in secrecy and widely misunderstood. Quoted routinely in countless newspaper and magazine articles, the first edition was the go-to guide for practical, effective guidance on this tricky yet powerful tactic. Extensively updated, topics in this second edition include changes in the FBI's informant program, changes brought on by immigration reforms, recent high-profile cases, and the changing nature of compensation and cooperation fees. It also examines the management of informant-driven search warrants and challenges posed by fabricated information.

Written by a former DA investigator, this handy field guide follows the successful format of Vernon Gebertha (TM)s Practical Homicide Investigation: Checklist and Field Guide. Using techniques perfected during the authora (TM)s many years as an investigator, this guide features simple, step-by-step instructions for investigating cold homicides. The book is designed for use by cold case squads in any precinct, no matter how large or small the department. The book features a specific investigation matrix, contains investigation steps in a bulleted format for rapid reference, and includes a multitude of critical tips, including how to interact with the media.

This book provides protocols for suicide and equivocal death investigation, police action shooting investigations and a homicide supervisor's checklist. It contains state-of-the-art anatomical graphics in full color to assist the investigator in describing any injuries or wounds to the body.

Addresses methods of detection, investigation, surveillance, and capture of drug traffickers as well as criminal methods to avoid detection. This work includes topics such as the surreptitious monitoring of suspects and entrapment; drug courier profiling; high-tech surveillance with GPS and thermal imaging; and informant management.

Helps to improve your use of tire imprint evidence. This title discusses methods for examining, capturing, and recording imprints, outlines standard procedures for identification, shows how to prepare expert testimony, and provides technical information helpful in identifying imprints.

Offers models, protocols, and procedures to handle the highly charged fall-out from officer involved shootings. This book presents recommendations for post-incident support and the emotional aspect of these traumatic events, including the potential for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder suffered by the officer.

Presents basic and advanced techniques for conducting modern drug investigations. This book explains the drugs of abuse that law enforcement officers are likely to encounter, such as heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. It also contains information on methamphetamine, PCP, Ecstasy, GHB, and Ketamine.

Presents practical methods for gathering electronic evidence and dealing with crimes involving computers. From attorneys to police investigators, from judges to students of criminology, this book guides you step-by-step through computer crime investigation.

The felonious activities of prisoners reach out into society every day. These inmates run lucrative drug operations, hire contract murders, and commit a multitude of criminal offenses from inside the walls of our prisons. This book gives advice on how to handle crime in a community in which 100 per cent of the population are convicted felons.

A collaboration between two internationally known experts, this volume presents a scientific, modern view of autoerotic death, complete with a variety of case histories and investigator tips. Enhanced with more than 100 color photos, the book begins by exploring the evolution of the concept of sexual asphyxia and autoerotic death. It then examines death scene characteristics and the importance of recognizing clues to the autoerotic nature of a death. Using a case history format to describe methods, the book is an unparalleled resource for all those involved in the investigation of these peculiar incidents.

Helps establish a practical standard for conducting a wide range of diverse criminal investigations. This book teaches the investigative techniques for such criminal activities as extortion, blackmail, credit card fraud, check fraud, fencing operations, employee theft, sports gambling, money laundering, and shoplifting rings.