Practical methods for legal investigations: concepts and protocols in civil and criminal cases /
[Book]
Dean A. Beers
Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
c2011
xxiii, 358 p. :
ill. ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-340) and index
What is a professional legal investigator -- Stage one : prepare -- Stage two : inquire -- Stage three : analyze -- Stage four : document -- Stage five : report -- Understanding the completion of this investigative protocol -- The 80/20 rule of investigation (and all things related) -- Rules and ethics as agent for attorneys -- Equivocal legal investigations and subject assessment -- The legal investigator's relationship with families -- Conducting comprehensive background investigations -- Crash course on forensic photography -- Reviewing and comprehending autopsy reports -- Introduction to common composite scenarios : using this investigtive protocol and reporting -- Investigating nursing home and elder deaths (and abuse) -- Equivocal death analysis and investigation -- Investigating motor vehicle collisions -- Criminal defense : felony assault and sex assault
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Criminal investigation-- United States
Evidence (Law)-- United States
Investigations-- United States
Private investigators-- United States, Handbooks, manuals, etc