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    Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice
    Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice
    Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice
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    Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice

    By Michael F. Brown

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    This textbook provides students and law enforcement officers with the fundamentals of the criminal investigation process, from arrival on the scene to trial procedures. Written in a clear and simple style, Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice surpasses traditional texts by presenting a unique combination of legal, technical, and procedural aspects of the criminal investigation. The hands-on approach taken by the author helps to increase the learning experience.
    Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice, Second Edition, has been written to provide future law enforcement officers with a basic understanding of the investigative process. It merges two areas that are crucial to the successful completion of an investigation: the law, both criminal and procedural, and criminal investigative techniques. It is writen to provide the student investigator with the information needed to complete and investigation that can result in a successful prosecution.

    - comprehensive coverage of the criminal investigation, from arrival on the scene to trial procedures
    -unique combination of legal, technical, and procedural aspects of criminal investigation
    -many updated cases, many personally experienced by the author.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateMay 17, 2001
    ISBN9780080503417
    Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice
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    Michael F. Brown

    Michael F. Brown is Professor of Anthropology at Williams College. He is the author of Tsewa's Gift: Magic and Meaning in an Amazonian Society (1986). Eduardo Fernández is a development anthropologist and the author of Para que nuestra historia no se pierda (So That Our History is Not Lost).

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