Investigations in the workplace / / Eugene F. Ferraro

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462437003321
• Autore: Ferraro Eugene
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2012
• ISBN: 0-429-24499-1; 1-4665-5522-X; 1-4398-1482-1
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (595 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.3/8
• Soggetti: Employee crimes; Investigations; Employee theft - Investigation; Personnel management; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: The process of investigation -- Investigation terminology -- Investigation defined -- The subject -- Interview v. interrogation -- Fact-finders v. investigators -- Decision-maker v. prosecutor -- Misconduct and malfeasance -- B. the investigative process -- The elements of a successful investigation -- The eight methods of investigation -- The seven phases of investigation -- The differences between the public and private sector -- An historical perspective -- Mission -- Advantages of the public sector -- Advantages of the private sector -- More sophisticated crimes and perpetrators -- Greater use of technology -- More litigious workforce -- Expanded rights and protections of employees -- The fundamentals of fact-finding -- The history of the modern fact-finder -- The lincoln years and origin of the secret service -- The texas rangers -- The creation of the fbi -- The birth of corporate investigations -- The role of the fact-finder -- The fact-finder defined -- Gather facts and evidence -- Document and catalog -- Report findings to a higher authority -- Provide recommendations only when asked -- The objectives of the investigation -- Determining the objectives -- Modifying the objectives ; -- Potential and intended outcomes -- Prosecution -- Discipline -- Restitution -- Evidence collection and preservation -- The definition of evidence -- Hearsay evidence -- Admissibility and materiality -- Spoliation of evidence -- Evidence retention -- Chain of custody -- The methods of investigation -- Physical surveillance -- Physical surveillance defined -- Stationary and moving surveillance -- Evidence collection and preservation -- Electronic surveillance -- Electronic surveillance defined -- Methods and applications -- Research and audit -- The fundamentals of research and audit -- Statutory prohibitions and restrictions -- Sources of information -- Criminal courts -- Courts and public filings -- Forensic analysis -- Chemical analysis -- Accident and incident reconstruction -- Computer forensics -- Forensic document examination -- Deception detection -- Forensic psychology -- Other forms of forensic analysis -- Undercover -- Undercover investigations defined -- When should undercover be used? -- When undercover operations are not appropriate -- Selecting a vendor -- Selecting the undercover operative -- Operative placement -- Deciding the number of operative to use -- The cover story -- Project management -- Communications -- Drug investigations -- Theft investigations -- Case closure.
• Sommario/riassunto: The process of investigation is dynamic and fluid. The approach must be reasonable and the investigator flexible. However, in order to be successful, every investigation must have a meaningful purpose and be executed ethically and lawfully.Inevitably, employers must invest time, money, and patience to ensure they obtain demonstrable and actionable results. To achieve this and reduce the exposure to unnecessary business disruptions and litigation, every workplace investigation must by driven by process. Investigations in the Workplace, Second Edition pro

Computational Neuroscience: Cortical Dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : 8th International Summer School on Neural Nets, Erice, Italy, October 31 - November 6, 2003 Revised Lectures / / edited by Peter Erdi, Anna Esposito, Maria Marinaro, Silvia Scarpetta

• Record Nr.: UNISA996465536703316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2004
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2004.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (IX, 164 p.)
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 0302-9743 ; ; 3146
• Disciplina: 612.825
• Soggetti: Neurology ; Computers; Artificial intelligence; Computer memory systems; Computer science—Mathematics; Neurosciences; Neurology; Computation by Abstract Devices; Artificial Intelligence; Memory Structures; Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Section 1 – Fundamentals of Cortical Dynamics -- Dynamics of Storage and Recall in Hippocampal Associative Memory Networks -- On the Nested Hierarchical Organization of CNS: Basic Characteristics of Neuronal Molecular Networks -- Neural Phase Transitions That Made Us Mammals -- Section 2 – Mathematical Models of Cortical Dynamics -- Mean Field Methods for Cortical Network Dynamics -- Chaotic Neuron Dynamics, Synchronization, and Feature Binding -- A Complex Systems Approach to an Interpretation of Dynamic Brain Activity I: Chaotic Itinerancy Can Provide a Mathematical Basis for Information ; Processing in Cortical Transitory and Nonstationary Dynamics -- A Complex Systems Approach to an Interpretation of Dynamic Brain Activity II: Does Cantor Coding Provide a Dynamic Model for the Formation of Episodic Memory? -- Itinerant Dynamics of Class I* Neurons Coupled by Gap Junctions.