pt. 1. The initial investigation -- 1. Evaluation of policing and investigation -- Early response to crime -- Thief-takers -- Bow Street Runners -- London's Metropolitan Police -- American policing -- The Reform Movement -- Development of forensic science -- Local policing -- State policing -- Federal investigative agencies -- 2. Rules of evidence and arrest -- Search warrants -- Warrantless searches -- Exclusionary rule -- Arrest vs. detention -- Arrest warrants -- Locating the suspect -- The broadcast alarm -- Wanted notices -- The arrest -- Case preparation -- The decision to charge -- Closing on investigation -- Case study : Weeks v. United States 232 U.S. 383 (1914) -- 3. The crime scene -- Control of the crime scene -- Crime scene investigation -- Recording the crime scene -- Locating witnesses -- 4. Physical evidence -- Class and individual evidence -- Questioned documents -- 5. Laboratory and technical services -- Criminalistics : forensic science -- DNA profiling -- Laboratory determinations -- Laboratory equipment -- Voiceprint identification -- Cryptography -- Forensic databases -- Case study : child abduction -- 6. Basic investigative leads and informants -- Basic leads -- Informants -- Investigative techniques -- Search warrants -- Police intelligence : criminal investigation information -- Lineups -- 7. Interviewing and interrogation -- Interview essentials -- Detection of deception -- Polygraphy testing -- Recollection refreshment -- Written statement of a witness -- Interrogations -- Interrogation law -- Interrogation essentials -- Why people confess -- The suspect's dilemma : the crime partner -- Documenting the confession --
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pt. 2. Investigating major crimes -- 8. Crimes of violence -- Homicide -- Stalking -- Assaults -- Child abuse -- Case study : autopsy surgeon -- 9,. Sexual assaults -- Rape -- Nuisance sexual behavior -- Child sexual abuse -- Incest -- Pedophilia -- The child as victim-witness -- Case study : the East Area Rapist -- 10. Missing and exploited persons -- Missing person -- Investigative response -- Exploited person -- Investigative leads -- Case study : the Cleveland Abduction -- 11. Robbery -- Components of robbery -- The target in robberies -- Identification evidence -- Checklist for the investigation of robbery -- Repeat-offender cases -- Carjacking -- Problems of proof -- Case study : Cheshire Home Invasion -- 12. Arson, bombing, and hate crimes -- Arson and arson law -- Burn patterns : structural fires -- Burn patterns : nonstructural fires -- Fire ignition and place of origin -- The fire scene -- The continuing arson investigation -- Bombings -- Problems of proof in arson and bombing cases -- Hate crimes -- Case study : motive for arson -- 13. Property crimes -- Burglary -- Theft -- Fraud -- 14. CyberCrime -- Internal threats -0- External threats -- Fraud -- Identity theft -- Child pornography -- Child molesters -- Contraband sales -- Terrorism -- Investigation -- Case study : the case against PFC. Bradley Manning -- 15. Dangerous drugs -- Entrapment -- The drug scene -- Drug-selling organizations -- Drug investigations -- Problems of proof -- Case study : dangerous drugs law enforcement (roles and story lines) -- 16. Special investigations -- Vice and gambling -- Organized crime -- Hit and run -- 17. Terrorism -- Defining terrorism -- Terrorist acts -- Terrorist atrocities -- Domestic terrorism -- International terrorism -- Weapons of mass destruction -- Counterterrorism -- Role of police operations units -- Role of the criminal investigator -- Problems of proof -- Case study : joint terrorism task force -- 18. The investigator as a witness and ethical awareness -- The investigator as a witness -- Nonverbal communication -- Ethical awareness -- Crime and outrageous conduct -- Case study : the special crime squad -- Appendix A. Case briefs -- Appendix B. Federal Controlled Substance Law -- Appendix C. Identity theft : what to do if it happens to you.