Osterburg, James W.  <br/><br/>
Criminal investigation : a method for reconstructing the past / 
James W. Osterburg 
 - 4th edition 
 - New York :  anderson publishing,  c1992. 
 - xiv, 817 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> <br/><br/>CONTENT<br/><br/>SECTION I. THE FOUNDATION AND PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION<br/>PART A. SOURCES AND USES OF INFORMATION<br/>1. The investigator: Responsibilities and attributes; Origins and trends<br/><br/>2. Physical evidence: Development,  Interpretation, Investigative value<br/><br/>3. Physical evidence: Discovery, presentation, correction, transmission<br/><br/>4. People as a source of information<br/><br/>5. Records and files: Investigative uses and sources-Public and private<br/><br/>PART B. SEEKING AND OBTAINING INFORMATION: PEOPLE AND RECORDS<br/>6. Interviews: Obtaining information from witness<br/><br/>7. Records and files: Natural resource or arid archive?<br/><br/>8. Informants: Cultivation and motivation<br/><br/>PART C. FOLLOW-UP MEASURES<br/>9. Surveillance: A fact-finding tool-legality and practice<br/><br/>10. Eye witness identification: Guidelines and procedures<br/><br/>11. Integration: Purpose and principles<br/><br/>12. Integration of suspects and hostile witnesses: Guidelines and procedures<br/><br/>PART II. APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES TO CRIMINALINVESTIGATION<br/>13. Reconstructing the past: Methods, evidence and examples<br/><br/>14. Homicide<br/><br/>15. Robbery<br/><br/>16. Rape and other sexual crimes<br/><br/>17. Arson<br/><br/>SECTION III. SPECIALIZED INVESTIGATIONS<br/>19. Terrorism<br/><br/>20. Information technology: Organized, economic and white collar crimes technology<br/><br/>21. Enterprise : Organized, economic and white collar crimes technology<br/><br/>22. The automobile and crime<br/>etc...<br/>Appendices<br/><br/><br/> 
<br/><br/>Includes index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1593459602 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008008590 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal investigation.<br/>Criminal investigation--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.25  / OST