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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825872803321

Autore

Tong Stephen <1972->

Titolo

Understanding criminal investigation / / Stephen Tong, Robin Bryant, Miranda Horvath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Wiley, 2009

ISBN

9786612279805

9781282279803

1282279807

9780470682388

0470682388

9780470682371

047068237X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law ; ; v.49

Altri autori (Persone)

BryantRobin <1958->

HorvathMiranda

Disciplina

363.25

Soggetti

Criminal investigation

Criminal justice, Administration of

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Understanding Criminal Investigation""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""About the Authors""; ""Series Preface""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Introduction: A Brief History of Crime Investigation""; ""2 Theories of Criminal Investigation""; ""3 Forms of Reasoning and the Analysis of Intelligence in Criminal Investigation""; ""4 Offender Profiling""; ""5 Eyewitness Evidence""; ""6 Investigative Interviewing""; ""7 Assessing Performance: Quantity or Quality?""; ""8 Criminal Investigation in Context""; ""9 Professionalising Investigation""

""10 Conclusion: Future Challenges in Criminal Investigation""""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Stephen Tong is Principal Lecturer in Policing at Canterbury Christchurch University. He is currently engaged in developing new and established police programmes and conducting research involving



direct mediation in prison. He is also a member of the Higher Education Forum for Learning and Development in Policing.   Robin P. Bryant is Director of Criminal Justice Practice in the Department of Law and Criminal Justice Studies at Canterbury Christchurch University. He has published widely on policing, particularly on the use of intelligence in criminal investigation, and has also advised various