NCJ Number
12096
Date Published
1974
Length
411 pages
Annotation
TEXT ENCOMPASSING GUIDELINES AND REQUISITES FOR ALL PHASES OF INVESTIGATIVE OPERATIONS AND EXAMINING SPECIFIC OFFENSES AND RELATED INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES.
Abstract
THE TEXT FOCUSES ON PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS, THE COLLECTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE, AND METHODS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ON FINGERPRINT PATTERNS, THE INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS OF SURVEILLANCE AND STAKE-OUTS, REFERENCE SERVICES WHICH AID EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION, AND POLICE REPORTS - A PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR CASE DISPOSITION. SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS EXAMINE INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES USED FOR THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES - AUTO AND MOTORCYCLE THEFT, BURGLARY, ROBBERY, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, FRAUDULENT CHECK WRITING, ASSAULT, SEX CRIMES, AND NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUG USE. ATTENTION IS ALSO GIVEN TO DEATH INVESTIGATIONS AND ARSON AND BOMB INVESTIGATION. IN ADDITION TO WELL ORGANIZED DOCUMENTATION, PHOTOGRAPHS AND SKETCHES ARE PROVIDED ON CRIME SCENES, FINGERPRINTS, AND CRIME-RELATED PARAPHERNALIA. SAMPLE POLICE FORMS AND REPORTS, INDIVIDUAL GLOSSARIES DEALING WITH SPECIALIZED MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY, WORDS USED TO IDENTIFY DEVIANT FORMS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, AND NARCOTIC AND DANGEROUS DRUG SLANG, ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE TEXT. THIS VOLUME ALSO CONTAINS TABLES INDICATING PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS AND DANGERS OF CERTAIN DRUGS AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES USED IN ILLEGAL DRUG TRAFFIC. APPROPRIATE COURT CASES AND STATUTES ARE CITED. (SNI ABSTRACT)