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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND INTERROGATION STUDY GUIDE

NCJ Number
51298
Author(s)
C C ERVEN
Date Published
1973
Length
154 pages
Annotation
THIS STUDY GUIDE, INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF INVESTIGATIONS AND ENABLE POLICE OFFICERS TO SECURE MORE CLEARANCES, STUDIES INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES USED IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN.
Abstract
AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE TEXT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND INTERROGATION, THE GUIDE OFFERS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND REFERENCES TO PAGES IN THE TEXT FROM WHICH QUESTIONS WERE FORMULATED. THE PURPOSES OF IMPROVING TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS REQUIRED FOR APPREHENSION AND CONVICTION OF THE OFFENDER ARE ACCENTED. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES' INVESTIGATORS, WHICH LIE IN THE APPLICATION OF JUDICIALLY IMPOSED WORK RESTRICTIONS, ARE STRESSED. THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARE EXAMINED: SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL AIDS, SURVEILLANCE, BURGLARIES, ROBBERIES, ARSON, HOMICIDES, PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES, PSYCHOLOGY, INTERVIEWING, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, FIREARMS, AND FRAUD. VARIOUS APPROACHES TO THE PROCEDURES OF INVESTIGATION AND INTERROGATION ARE IMPLIED. (JCP)