Criminal Investigations

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive and practical guide to psychological research and techniques.

This text examines the behavioral, emotional, and cognitive aspects of crime, focusing primarily on the offender, but occasionally on the victim as well.

This edition presents the Reid Technique of interviewing and interrogation and is the standard used in the field. The Fourth Edition presents interviewing and interrogation techniques, based on actual criminal cases, which have been used successfully by thousands of criminal investigators.

An ideal tool in any Criminal Investigation course, this book also serves as the perfect complement to Criminal Investigation, Second Edition, also by Ronald Becker.

This introductory text explores how contributors to criminal investigation—and its resulting prosecution—are more effective when they understand and appreciate their role on the team, what role other team members play, and how it all comes together.

This is a well-balanced, comprehensive text that will prepare students for the challenging world of criminal investigation.

This book comprehensively defines and discusses the causes and problems most common to failed investigations. More importantly, it outlines realistic strategies for avoiding investigative pitfalls.

This book provides concise direction for the death scene investigator, crime scene investigator, coroner, medical examiner, or anyone associated with the investigation of death.

This text is intended to educate students in an applied fashion regarding the nature and extent of forensic casework that is supported by, dependent upon, and interactive with research, theory, and knowledge derived from criminology. It is also intended to act as a preliminary guide for practitioners working with and within related criminal justice professions.

The purpose of this book is to bring the reader to an intermediate level of attainment in the main branches of investigation.