Beginner Investigator

This book describes the range of investigations for which a professional investigator's services might be required such as criminal investigations, fraud detection and investigation, surveillance, arson and insurance, skip tracing, and missing persons. This handy resource also covers everything from how to set up, market, and run an agency to the ethics of confidentiality and conflict of interest.

This book can be used as a textbook for classroom study, for preparation for required state examinations, and as an update and refresher for veteran investigators. Thougs its focus is private investigation, its contents are relevant to law enforcement, security, and insurance and fraud investigation.

This book is an amazingly valuable resource for any person considering a career as a PI, seasoned investigators, and those who seek advice on how to do it themselves.

This book was written to address the needs of the private investigator in the security field. Investigative skills such as surveillance techniques, interviewing and interrogation, evidence, and confessions and written statements are all discussed, and supplemented with updated case studies and examples from the authors' own experiences.