Criminal Investigation (Justice Series)
by Michael Lyman
3rd Edition
,Contents
Chapter 1: Foundations Of Criminal Investigations 20
Chapter 2: The Crime Scene: Field Notes, Documenting, And Reporting 39
Chapter 3: Processing The Crime Scene 56
Chapter 4: Identifying Criminal Suspects: Field And Laboratory Process 69
Chapter 5: Legal Issues In Criminal Investigations 83
Chapter 6: Interviews And Interrogations 101
Chapter 7: Criminal Intelligence And Surveillance Operations 115
Chapter 8: Informant Management And Undercover Operations 130
Chapter 9: Death Investigations 145
Chapter 10: Robbery 158
Chapter 11: Assault And Related Offenses 169
Chapter 12: Missing And Abducted Persons 181
Chapter 13: Crimes Against Children: Child Abuse And Child Fatalities 194
Chapter 14: Theft-Related Offenses 212
Chapter 15: Arson And Bombings 228
Chapter 16: Terrorism And National Security Crimes 238
, To The Instructor
The Instructor’s Manual Is A Comprehensive Document That Includes A Chapter
Overview, Chapter Objectives, A Lecture Outline With Answers To The Suggested
Answers To The End-Of- Chapter Assignments (Learning Outcomes).
Criminal Investigation Is Divided Into 16 Chapter Areas Of Learning. Chapter 1
Is Introductory And Provides Readers With The History Of Policing And Investigations
As Well As Some Of The Early Agencies In Both England & The United States Who
Ran Criminal Investigations. Chapter 1 Also Discusses Early Forensic Science Ideas
From The Late 1800’s To The Evolution Of Today’s Forensic Scientists. In Particular, It
Defines Inductive And Deductive Reasoning And The Scientific Method. There Are
Current Day Discussions Of “Police Specialists” In The Field Of Criminal Investigation,
Crime Scene Investigators, Proactive And Reactive Modes Of Policing. Finally It
Reviews Solvability Factors, Preliminary Investigations, And Crime Scene Response.
Chapter 2 Focuses On Documenting And Reporting On Crime Scenes. It
Reviews What Field Notes Should Be Taken At A Crime Scene, Developing A Good
Investigative Report, Fact Sheets And The Initial Complaint. Then Looks At Crime
Scene Photography And Logs, Admissibility Types Of Photography Used In Court, And
Crime Scene Sketching.
Chapter 3 Provides A Framework For Processing A Crime Scene. It Breaks
Down The Preliminary Investigation Methods, Crime Scene Evidence; First Officer’s
Arrival; Protecting The Crime Scene; And Collecting Scene Evidence. Lastly It Explains
How Doing The Follow Up Investigation.
, Chapter 4 Initially Takes A Summary Look At The Crime Laboratory In A
Criminal Investigation. It Then Breaks Down Fingerprinting: How To Search For Them;
Preservation; And The Integrated Automatic Fingerprint Identification System. Further,
There Is The Role Of DNA, Handwriting Analysis, And Criminal Composites. Finally
There Is Discussion Of Investigative Analysis And Methods For Conducting Lineups.
Chapter 5 Examines Legal Issues In Criminal Investigation. The Chapter
Discusses Guidelines For Searches And Exceptions To The Exclusionary Rule. It
Examines What Information Must Be In A Warrant As Well As Warrantless Searches
Authorized By Law. It Defines Arrest. Additionally It Defines When Officers Can Use
Force Even To The Point Of Deadly Force.
The Use Of Interviews And Interrogations Is Covered In Chapter 6. The Chapter
Differentiates Between Interviews And Interrogations As Well As Effective Techniques
For Both. This Chapter Describes Procedures For Conducting The “Cognitive Interview
Technique” As Well S Procedures For A Proper Interrogation. There Are Explanations
Of Miranda Rights And The Requirements For Using It In Interrogations And Interviews.
Even Further There Are Explanations For Detecting Lying And Deception As Well As
Why People Confess. Finally There Is A Summary On How Best To Take Written And
Recorded Statements.
Chapter 7 Focuses On Types Of Criminal Intelligence And Criminal
Investigation Functions. The Procedures For Intelligence Gathering Operations Are
Explained As Well S Types Of Surveillance In Criminal Investigations. And Finally
There Is A Discussion Of Stakeouts And Electronic Surveillance.
Informant Management And Undercover Operations Is Covered In Chapter 8.
Initially The Chapter Identifies Informants And Their Various Uses And Goes Further
To