Criminal investigation : basic perspectives

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

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