Criminal Investigation: Art and the Science

Criminal Investigation: The Art and the Science, Sixth Edition, presents crime detection as a dynamic field relying heavily on the past experiences of investigators as well as recent practical and technological innovations. It explores the many external variables that can influence the investigator's success and the specific methods of crime detection and prosecution of law available today. The text focuses on the steps and considerations observed in an actual criminal investigation. Each chapter begins with recent stories of real crimes that are investigated by the police and set the stage for the rest of the chapter

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Intended for use in lower-division college courses, this book contains 23 chapters which explain various types of crime and investigation techniques related to them. Keeping the different roles of the uniformed officer and the investigator separate, the author explores: crime scene documentation, search and seizure, suspect identification, interview and interrogation, and informant management. Twelve separate categories of crime are given individual treatments including child abuse and neglect, organized crime, and white collar crime. A final chapter discusses the preparation of courses for prosecution. Relevant case studies and court decisions are included throughout the text to provide a perspective on proper and improper methods of investigation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Michael Lyman is a member of the faculty of the Criminal Justice and Human Services Department at Columbia College of Missouri. In addition to being a teaching faculty member, he serves the Department as the Director or Graduate Studies for the Master of Science in Criminal Justice and Director of the Forensic Science Program. Prior to entering the field of college teaching, he was employed as a Special Agent for the Intelligence and Organized Crime Division (IOCD) of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and later as a Senior Intelligence Agent for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Dr. Lyman has authored five textbooks in criminal justice dealing with the areas of criminal investigation, policing, organized crime, and drug abuse. He received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wichita State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri—Columbia

The author welcomes communication and correspondence about his work and can be contacted at Columbia College, 1001 Rogers Street, Columbia, MO 65216.