The process of investigation : concepts and strategies for investigators in the private sector / / John Tsukayama, Charles A. Sennewald

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808106703321
• Autore: Tsukayama John
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, England ; ; Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Elsevier : , : BH, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-12-800643-9
• Edizione: [Fourth edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.289
• Soggetti: Criminal investigation; Private investigators; Private security services
• 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 at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; The Process of Investigation; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Part 1 Fundamentals of Security Investigation; CHAPTER 1 - THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS; TWO CATEGORIES OF INVESTIGATION; THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS; THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN INVESTIGATION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 - A COMPARISON OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS; SOURCE OF AUTHORITY AND FUNDING; SOURCES OF INFORMATION; JOB SECURITY; SCOPE OF WORK; IMAGE; CIVIL LIABILITY; TRAINING AND EDUCATION; TECHNICAL RESOURCES; PROFESSIONALISM; CAREER PATHS; ASSISTANCE; PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT; OVERLAPPING MISSIONSCONCLUSION; CHAPTER 3 - QUALITIES OF THE INVESTIGATOR; POWERS OF OBSERVATION; RESOURCEFULNESS; PATIENCE; INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE; UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR; UNDERSTANDING LEGAL IMPLICATIONS; EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS; RECEPTIVITY; SENSE OF WELL-BEING; DEDICATION TO THE WORK; SELF-INITIATIVE; HEALTHY SKEPTICISM; INTUITION; ENERGY AND STAMINA; ACTING SKILLS; GOOD JUDGMENT; LOGIC; INTELLIGENCE; CREATIVE IMAGINATION; GOOD CHARACTER; SENSE OF PROFESSIONALISM; A SELF-QUIZ; TRUE SUCCESS; REFERENCES; ; CHAPTER 4 - MANAGING THE INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTION; THE MANAGER AS INVESTIGATIVE COUNSELORTHE MANAGER AS TRAINER; THE MANAGER AS CONTROLLER; THE MANAGER AS MOTIVATOR; THE MANAGER AS EVALUATOR; REFERENCES; Part II METHODS OF SECURITY INVESTIGATION; CHAPTER 5 - UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS; TECHNIQUES AND METHODS; PROBLEM AREAS; THE ABSENCE OF PROFESSIONALISM; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 6 - SURVEILLANCE; COVERT VERSUS OVERT SURVEILLANCE; THE STATIONARY SURVEILLANCE; THE MOVING SURVEILLANCE; MOVING AND STATIONARY SURVEILLANCE; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 7 - BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; THE APPLICATION PACKAGE; POST-HIRE SCREENING; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8 - DISCOVERING COVERT CRIMESDEPLOYMENT OF UNDERCOVER AGENTS; SHOPLIFTING SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCES; Part III BUILDING A CASE; CHAPTER 9 - INTERVIEWS AND INTERROGATIONS; INTERVIEWING; INTERROGATION; PREPARING FOR THE INTERROGATION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCE; CHAPTER 10 - AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERVIEW AND INTERROGATION PROCESS; DEMEANOR; RAPPORT; INTERVIEW AND INTERROGATION; CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEW; SELLING THE INTERVIEW; STATEMENT ANALYSIS-THE UNTAINTED STORY; FACT GATHERING; LIFESTYLE INTERVIEWS; COGNITIVE INTERVIEWING; COMMON INTERVIEWER ERRORS; BEHAVIORAL INTERVIEWING; DIAGRAMS; INTERROGATIONDECISION TO CONFESS; RATIONALIZATION; DENIALS; METHODS OF INTERROGATION; DOCUMENTING THE CONFESSION OR THE INTERVIEW; CONCLUSION; SUGGESTED READING; CHAPTER 11 - EVIDENCE; DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE; DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE; SOME RULES AND DEFINITIONS OF EVIDENCE; A FINAL WORD ABOUT EVIDENCE; REFERENCE; CHAPTER 12 - WRITTEN STATEMENTS, ADMISSIONS, AND CONFESSIONS; WRITTEN STATEMENTS; ALLOWABLE USES OF STATEMENTS; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; TYPES OF CONSTRAINTS; CONFESSIONS AND ADMISSIONS; THE WRITTEN ADMISSION; VIDEOTAPED CONFESSIONS; VALUE OF THE CONFESSION; REFERENCE; CHAPTER 13 - THE USE OF INFORMANTS
• Sommario/riassunto: A practical guide for private sector investigators on how to conduct comprehensive investigations.