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.

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