Practical Handbook for Professional Investigators (2nd Edition)

Front cover......Page 1
PREFACE......Page 6
THE AUTHOR......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10
DEDICATION......Page 12
CONTENTS......Page 14
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION......Page 18
CHAPTER 2. SKILLS NEEDED TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL INVESTIGATOR......Page 20
CHAPTER 3. FOUNDATIONS OF INVESTIGATION......Page 26
CHAPTER 4. INTERVIEWS, INTERROGATION, AND TAKING STATEMENTS......Page 60
CHAPTER 5. LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS......Page 84
CHAPTER 6. FRAUD INVESTIGATION......Page 116
CHAPTER 7. COMPUTER CRIME......Page 172
CHAPTER 8. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION......Page 188
CHAPTER 9. INSURANCE AND ARSON INVESTIGATION......Page 220
CHAPTER 10. DOMESTIC INVESTIGATIONS......Page 264
CHAPTER 11. DUE DILIGENCE AND BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS......Page 272
CHAPTER 12. LOCATES AND SKIP TRACING......Page 294
CHAPTER 13. SURVEILLANCE......Page 314
CHAPTER 14. SERVICE OF PROCESS......Page 328
CHAPTER 15. TESTIFYING IN COURT......Page 352
CHAPTER 16. ETHICS......Page 356
CHAPTER 17. FINDING A NICHE......Page 366
CHAPTER 18. OPERATING A PROFESSIONAL INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY......Page 372
CHAPTER 19. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS......Page 398
CHAPTER 20. GETTING LICENSED......Page 416
Index......Page 418
Back cover......Page 436