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Michael D. Lyman is professor of criminal justice at Columbia College of Missouri, in Columbia, MO. In addition to being a teaching faculty member, he is the program coordinator of the Master of Science in Criminal Justice program and the founder of the college's Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science program. Before entering academia, he was a criminal investigator for state police organizations in Kansas and Oklahoma. He has taught thousands of law enforcement officers the proper police techniques and methods of professional criminal investigation.

Dr. Lyman has authored eight textbooks in criminal justice dealing with areas such as criminal investigation, policing, organized crime, drug enforcement and drug trafficking. Over the last 20 years, he has been called upon as an expert witness on about 450 occasions to review and evaluate criminal investigations and to testify in federal court proceedings nationwide as to the results o

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PART I: ESSENTIALS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
1. Foundations and History of Criminal Investigation
2. The Crime Scene: Identification and Collection of Evidence
3. The Crime Scene: Field Notes, Documenting, and Reporting
PART II: FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATIVE PROCESSES
4. Identification of Criminal Suspects: Field and Laboratory Services
5. Legal Issues in Criminal Investigation
PART III: INFORMATION GATHERING
6. Interviews and Interrogations
7. Criminal Intelligence and Surveillance Operations
8. Undercover Operations and Informant Management
PART IV: CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
9. Death Investigations
10. Robbery
11. Assault and Related Offenses
12. Missing and Abducted Persons
13. Crimes against Children: Child Abuse, Child Fatalities, and Exploitation
PART V: CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
14. Theft-Related Offenses
15. Arson, Bombings, and Terrorism
PART VI: SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS: DRUG TRAFFICKING, WHITE-COLLAR CRIME, AND POLICE SHOOTING INVESTIGATIONS
16. Special Investigations: Drug Trafficking and Gangs
17. Special Investigations: White-Collar, Corporate, and Computer-Related Crimes
18. Investigations of Officer-Involved Shootings
PART VII: PROSECUTION
19. Preparation for Court
Appendices
A. Collection and Preservation of Physical Evidence
B. Cases

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      Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/08/2020
      ISBN13: 9780135186213, 978-0135186213
      ISBN10: 0135186218

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      About our author

      Michael D. Lyman is professor of criminal justice at Columbia College of Missouri, in Columbia, MO. In addition to being a teaching faculty member, he is the program coordinator of the Master of Science in Criminal Justice program and the founder of the college's Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science program. Before entering academia, he was a criminal investigator for state police organizations in Kansas and Oklahoma. He has taught thousands of law enforcement officers the proper police techniques and methods of professional criminal investigation.

      Dr. Lyman has authored eight textbooks in criminal justice dealing with areas such as criminal investigation, policing, organized crime, drug enforcement and drug trafficking. Over the last 20 years, he has been called upon as an expert witness on about 450 occasions to review and evaluate criminal investigations and to testify in federal court proceedings nationwide as to the results o

      Table of Contents

      PART I: ESSENTIALS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
      1. Foundations and History of Criminal Investigation
      2. The Crime Scene: Identification and Collection of Evidence
      3. The Crime Scene: Field Notes, Documenting, and Reporting
      PART II: FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATIVE PROCESSES
      4. Identification of Criminal Suspects: Field and Laboratory Services
      5. Legal Issues in Criminal Investigation
      PART III: INFORMATION GATHERING
      6. Interviews and Interrogations
      7. Criminal Intelligence and Surveillance Operations
      8. Undercover Operations and Informant Management
      PART IV: CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
      9. Death Investigations
      10. Robbery
      11. Assault and Related Offenses
      12. Missing and Abducted Persons
      13. Crimes against Children: Child Abuse, Child Fatalities, and Exploitation
      PART V: CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
      14. Theft-Related Offenses
      15. Arson, Bombings, and Terrorism
      PART VI: SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS: DRUG TRAFFICKING, WHITE-COLLAR CRIME, AND POLICE SHOOTING INVESTIGATIONS
      16. Special Investigations: Drug Trafficking and Gangs
      17. Special Investigations: White-Collar, Corporate, and Computer-Related Crimes
      18. Investigations of Officer-Involved Shootings
      PART VII: PROSECUTION
      19. Preparation for Court
      Appendices
      A. Collection and Preservation of Physical Evidence
      B. Cases

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