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Criminal Investigation: An Illustrated Case Study Approach

by Lasley, James; Guskos, Nikos

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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION: AN ILLUSTRATED CASE STUDY APPROACH is today’s most modern, complete, visual, and “reality-based” guide to criminal investigation. Unlike other texts, it presents both written cases and a full sequence of photos for each case, enabling students to view crime scenes from top-to-bottom, and realistically apply investigative concepts. The authors first introduce core investigative tools, demonstrating the proper use of law and evidence gathering techniques. Next, they present detailed methods for investigating a wide spectrum of specific crimes. Each type of crime is illuminated with a detailed case study and a complete series of properly-sequenced crime scene photos. This text’s “no punches pulled” coverage helps students understand exactly what to expect in the field. It also contains detailed coverage of many crimes that other books overlook, including street gang crime, and crimes involving explosives.

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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION: AN ILLUSTRATED CASE STUDY APPROACH is today’s most modern, complete, visual, and “reality-based” guide to criminal investigation. Unlike other texts, it presents both written cases and a full sequence of photos for each case, enabling students to view crime scenes from top-to-bottom, and realistically apply investigative concepts. The authors first introduce core investigative tools, demonstrating the proper use of law and evidence gathering techniques. Next, they present detailed methods for investigating a wide spectrum of specific crimes. Each type of crime is illuminated with a detailed case study and a complete series of properly-sequenced crime scene photos. This text’s “no punches pulled” coverage helps students understand exactly what to expect in the field. It also contains detailed coverage of many crimes that other books overlook, including street gang crime, and crimes involving explosives.

• ISBN-13 978-0135057490
• Edition 1st
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• Publisher Pearson
• Publication date May 30, 2013
• Language English
• File size 46240 KB
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James Lasley, Ph.D. , is Professor of Criminal Justice at California State University, Fullerton, and has held previous faculty appointments at Washington State University, Arizona State University, and The University of Southern California. His previous criminal justice agency experience includes prior work with United States Probation and Parole (Washington, D.C.), The Los Angeles Police Department, and California Commission on Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.). He has also worked previously in the criminal justice private sector as a licensed Bail Bond Agent and Bounty Hunter (California) and has provided expert testimony on street gang matters in criminal trials, as well as in hearings conducted by the U.S. Congress. His published works include over 50 books and articles covering a variety of issues concerning policing, forensic science and investigation, which have been featured in a wide range of practitioner-, trade-, government-, and academic-oriented publications, including Muscle & Fitness Magazine, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, NIJ (National Institute of Justice) Research in Brief, and Justice Quarterly.

Nikos Guskos is a Criminal Justice professor and lectures at various universities including California State University, Fullerton, where he is currently an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Chapman University and is founder of the Guskos Institute-a criminal justice consulting firm located in Huntington Beach, CA. His teaching and research areas of expertise, in addition to criminal investigation, include street gangs, financial crimes, and homeland security. He is also presently an active member of law enforcement in Southern California and has several years of field experience in policing, which include patrol and specialized units focusing on gangs, financial crimes, and tactical training. Additionally, he is experienced as a first-responder to death scenes and has assisted in investigating several homicides. Presently, he is assigned to the Homeland Security Division of his department. Previous to his current assignment, he spent five years at the highest soft risk threat target in the Southern California region area. Responsible for enforcement, investigations and threat assessments. On a national level, he also serves as a consultant to The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) for research issues concerning policing and criminal investigation and is a proud veteran of the United States Army.

Retired Sergeant Randy Seymour has over 25 years of law enforcement experience with a large metropolitan Sheriff's Department. His assignments included Custody, Patrol, Specialized Street Gang Patrol, Patrol Training Officer, and Patrol Sergeant. He also has seven years experience as a Street Gang Detective and more than nine years as a Homicide Investigator. He was the lead investigator in close to 100 homicides including stabbings, shootings, blunt force trauma, strangulation, rape, and poisoning. He assisted in more than 100 additional homicides during his career. Sergeant Seymour was also the lead investigator in more than 30 deputy- and officer-involved shootings and has assisted in more than 30 additional shootings. He also investigated approximately 50 suicides from gunshot wounds, hangings, overdoses, bleeding to death from self-inflicted cuts, and stepping in front of trains or other vehicles. He also investigated more than 100 suspicious deaths where the cause of death was not initially known. Sergeant Seymour personally responded to more than 250 death scenes and conducted the appropriate investigation. He also taught homicide scenes, homicides, suicides, sudden infant death syndrome and gang related homicides to local law enforcement and law enforcement personnel from across the country. Sergeant Seymour has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Studies- Vocational Arts from California State University Long Beach.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pearson; 1st edition (May 30, 2013)
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 30, 2013
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• File size ‏ : ‎ 46240 KB
• Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 2 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
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• Print length ‏ : ‎ 640 pages
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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION: AN ILLUSTRATED CASE STUDY APPROACH is today’s most modern, complete, visual, and “reality-based” guide to criminal investigation. Unlike other texts, it presents both written cases and a full sequence of photos for each case, enabling students to view crime scenes from top-to-bottom, and realistically apply investigative concepts. The authors first introduce core investigative tools, demonstrating the proper use of law and evidence gathering techniques. Next, they present detailed methods for investigating a wide spectrum of specific crimes. Each type of crime is illuminated with a detailed case study and a complete series of properly-sequenced crime scene photos. This text’s “no punches pulled” coverage helps students understand exactly what to expect in the field. It also contains detailed coverage of many crimes that other books overlook, including street gang crime, and crimes involving explosives.

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PART I: INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS & ILLUSTRATED CASE EXAMPLES

1. Criminal Investigation. Then & Now

2. Investigators, Investigations and the Law

3. The Process of Investigating Crime

4. Identifying, Collecting and Preserving Physical Evidence

5. Investigative Interviewing and Interrogation

6. Investigative Report Writing

7. Developing Investigative Leads & Intelligence

8. Investigation & the Forensic Sciences

PART II: CRIME SCENES & ILLUSTRATED CASES

9. Homicide & Wounding Scenes

10. Sexual Assault Scenes

11. Gang Crime Scenes

12. Robbery Scenes

13. Burglary Scenes

14. Larceny-Theft Scenes

15. Vehicle Theft Scenes

16. Computer Crime Scenes

17. Arson & Explosion Scenes

18. Drug Crime Scenes

19. Transnational, Domestic & Narco Terror Scenes

20. From the Crime Scene to the Courtroom

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Criminal Investigation: An Illustrated Case Study Approach

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION: AN ILLUSTRATED CASE STUDY APPROACH is today's most modern, complete, visual, and "reality-based" guide to criminal investigation. Unlike other texts, it presents both written cases and a full sequence of photos for each case, enabling students to view crime scenes from top-to-bottom, and realistically apply investigative concepts. The authors first introduce core investigative tools, demonstrating the proper use... Read Full Overview

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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION: AN ILLUSTRATED CASE STUDY APPROACH is today’s most modern, complete, visual, and “reality-based” guide to criminal investigation. Unlike other texts, it presents both written cases and a full sequence of photos for each case, enabling students to view crime scenes from top-to-bottom, and realistically apply investigative concepts. The authors first introduce core investigative tools, demonstrating the proper use of law and evidence gathering techniques. Next, they present detailed methods for investigating a wide spectrum of specific crimes. Each type of crime is illuminated with a detailed case study and a complete series of properly-sequenced crime scene photos. This text’s “no punches pulled” coverage helps students understand exactly what to expect in the field. It also contains detailed coverage of many crimes that other books overlook, including street gang crime, and crimes involving explosives.

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By Mike on Dec 31, 2012

A book which has it all in criminal investigation. I pre-ordered the book and it arrived fairly quickly at my house. The book truly is different from the rest as it states. First the text is very relevant to criminal investigations, coupled with a total of over 600 pictures. The book displays 10 or 11 photos of one crime scene so me as the student, I can see the crime scene in its entirety from first responder to investigator. The photos do a great job in explaining the text, unlike the few other books I've bought. The difference I see in this book and the others I have is the number of photos of one crime scene. Some books may show one graphic photo to illustrate a gunshot wound to the head or a graphic photo of a suicide. This book not only has more of that, but also shows you the entire crime scene of a murder. So as a student I was able to see the body and the evidence to go along with it (11 photos) of one crime scene. No book has anything like that. The homicide chapter had almost 80 pictures and several cases to illustrate various types of homicides. This book also goes over gang crime investigations, which is different by far. Explains how to approach investigations involving gangs (Intel and such). Just an overall great book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The book is very good to have with the class

By Peggy Shapiro on Aug 23, 2014

The book is very good to have with the class. Pictures are very graphic and you can't be squeamish about it.

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In bad shape when I got it. Did not fit the description

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This book makes reading fun. You must get this book because it has alot of interesting pictures. The book looks real nice. Should keep it on your shelf if you buy

By Violet Montelongo on Jan 29, 2016

Good book, came in great condition.

but the ebook turned out to be much more useful when I needed to look something up

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This is the first ebook I ever purchased. It took some getting used to not having the actual book right in front of me. I do prefer the book for reading, but the ebook turned out to be much more useful when I needed to look something up, because it has a search tool that helps you search the text for keywords.

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Just got my book today and I'm in heaven. The package was wonderfully wrapped and the book was in great condition. I couldn't be any happier. Going to start reading it tonight to get a good start before school starts.

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I was disappointed to find this book riddled with spelling and grammatical errors.

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I actually needed this book for an online college course that I am currently taking. The university bookstore carried the wrong book. So, I was notified by the professor that I needed this book instead. Now, I can finally start working on my homework for this class.

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By Lisa6236 on Nov 24, 2019

Excellent textbook. Real life local cases are a plus. Easy read easy to follow. Recommend to anyone taking criminal investigation

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Good new textbook.

Got a B in my class

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Book was as advertised

By I. Zuno on Jan 10, 2022

Given that too many people still believe lie detectors are reliable, I was very pleased to see that on page 13 we are told that the polygraph is "junk science." However, page 48 mentions polygraph technicians as members of the investigative team. On page 151 the book goes into a detailed explanation of how the polygraph works. The book also describes neurolinguistic programming, interrogation profiling (based on criminal profiling), and voice stress analysis as if they were legitimate, science-based techniques, when in reality they're considered pseudoscience. The book fails to mention that in 2009 the National Academy of Science wrote "the uncertainties associated with bloodstain splatter analysis are enormous." Other subjects covered are very interesting. For example, it's eye-opening to learn the specific steps of how a crime scene must be secured and searched. I've only read up to chapter 5. I'll update my review once I've finished the entire book. REVIEW CONTINUED: It needs professional editing for clarity, typos, and syntax. Example: on page 253, in regards to justified or excusable homicides it states that “these include situations in which civilians kill persons while committing a felony...” This makes it sound as if the civilians are the ones committing the felonies. It needs to be updated. The copyright is from 2014, but the material seems to be from 2012. Page 510: it states that morphine “is the most effective and powerful painkiller known to the medical profession”, when in fact that is fentanyl. Page 531: it highlights the Earth Liberation Front as “a top concern” for the FBI “due to the ELF’s recent arson attacks on construction sites...” The ELF’s attacks practically stopped in 2012. It uses the word “literally” when it means to say “figuratively.” An academic work should not do this. It is rather alarmist about “sleeper cells”, and the only source it cites is a CBS news story from 2008.

2.0 out of 5 stars

By joseph d on May 02, 2021

Well all the pages are there but this book has seen its day.

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Criminal Investigation 1st Edition An Illustrated Case Study Approach

• Author(s) James R. Lasley; Nikos R. Guskos
• Publisher Pearson

Print ISBN 9780135057490, 0135057493

Etext isbn 9780133081091, 0133081095.

• Edition 1st
• Copyright 2014
• Available from $ 89.99 USD SKU: 9780133081091

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