The Process of Investigation: Concepts and Strategies for Investigators in the Private Sector

The Process of Investigation, Fourth Edition addresses the needs of today’s private sector investigative professional by providing a full-spectrum treatment of the investigative process, from case inception and investigative strategy selection to executing complex investigative techniques, to creating reports useful for corporate, legal, and prosecutorial purposes. Continuing in the tradition of its previous editions, The Process of Investigation, Fourth Edition covers essential topics overlooked in books on the public aspects of investigation. Investigative skills such as surveillance techniques, interviewing and interrogation, collecting and documenting evidence, and taking confessions and written statements are all discussed, and supplemented with updated case studies and examples from the authors’ own professional experiences.

Teaches the fundamentals of the investigative process and serves as a valuable reference tool for both the student and the professionalExperienced professionals can brush up on seldom-used specialty skills, and reconsider existing methods and approachesIncludes a new chapter on discrimination investigations

PART I. FUNDAMENTALS OF SECURITY INVESTIGATION

Chapter 1. The Investigative Process

Chapter 2. A Comparison of Public and Private Sectors

Chapter 3. Qualities of the Investigator

Chapter 4. Managing the Investigative Function

 

PART II. METHODS OF SECURITY INVESTIGATION

Chapter 5. Undercover Investigations

Chapter 6. Surveillance

Chapter 7. Background Investigations

Chapter 8. Discovering Covert Crimes

 

PART III. BUILDING A CASE

Chapter 9. Interviews and Interrogations

Chapter 10. An Overview of the Interview and Interrogation Process

Chapter 11. Evidence

Chapter 12. Written Statements, Admissions, and Confessions

Chapter 13. The Use of Informants

Chapter 14. Report Writing and Note Taking

 

PART IV. APPLYING INVESTIGATIVE STRATEGIES

Chapter 15. Problems Arise: The What of Investigation

Chapter 16. Crime and Solution: The How of Investigation

Chapter 17. Identifying Suspects: The Who of Investigation

Chapter 18. Finding Information: The Where of Investigation

Chapter 19. The Time Factor: The When of Investigation

Chapter 20. Establishing Motive: The Why of Investigation

 

PART V.TECHNOLOGICAL AND SPECIALIZED INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES

Chapter 21. Imagery

Chapter 22. Computers in Private Sector Investigations

Chapter 23. Targeted Violence Investigations

Chapter 24. Discrimination Investigations