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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, V 1 - BASIC PROCEDURES

NCJ Number
44071
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1975
Length
281 pages
Annotation
DETAILED DISCUSSIONS ARE PRESENTED OF HOW RECENT LEGISLATION AND COURT DECISIONS AFFECT THE POLICE, HOW TO PROCESS THE CRIME SCENE AND OBTAIN INFORMATION, AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND USE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE EFFECTIVELY.
Abstract
CHAPTERS PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR INTERROGATION, ARREST, STOP AND FRISK, AND SEARCHES, AND DISCUSS THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE, CASE PREPARATION, AND TESTIFYING IN COURT. WITH REGARD TO OBTAINING INFORMATION, PROCEDURES FOR INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES, WITNESS PERCEPTION, PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION, INTERVIEWING, INFORMANTS, LINEUP, AND POLYGRAPH USE ARE DELIENATED. CHAPTERS DEALING WITH THE CRIME SCENE DISCUSS RULES OF EVIDENCE, A GUIDE TO COLLECTIVE EVIDENCE, PROTECTING THE CRIME SCENE, SKETCHING THE CRIME SCENE, PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL, AND SEARCHING A SUSPECT VEHICLE. ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE WHICH ARE DESCRIBED INCLUDE TOOL MARKS, IMPRESSIONS AND PLASTER CASTING, GLASS AS EVIDENCE, FIREARMS, DACTYLOSCOPY, FINGERPRINT EVIDENCE, BLOOD STAINS, SEMEN, HAIR AND FIBERS, AND LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS. EACH CHAPTER IS SUPPLEMENTED BY REVIEW QUESTIONS. ANSWERES TO THE REVIEW QUESTIONS AND AN INDEX ARE APPENDED.

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