O'Hara's Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation

O'Hara's Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation by Woods, Devere D. Jr., Ph.D.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780398088453.

Woods (criminology and criminal justice, Indiana State U.) presents the revised eighth edition of this influential text describing the practical application of investigation methods by police investigators, private investigators, or federal agents. Chapters are presented on methods of investigation; the investigative report; crime scene procedures; fingerprints; impressions, trace evidence, and firearms; care of evidence; observation and identification; interview and interrogation; sources of information and missing persons; informants, surveillance, and undercover assignments; arson and criminal explosions; larceny and burglary; economic enterprise crime; assault and robbery; violent death investigation; sex offenses; drugs; and the investigator in court. This edition, writes Woods, "is the most extensive revision so far" and has been updated in light of recent advancements in forensic science, practices of criminalistics, computerization, electronic databases, and the Internet. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)