Detective work

Day-by-day detective work is studied, using case histories, to detail actual problems involved in finding and interpreting information; emphasis is given to juvenile, burglary, and major crime bureaus. The main focus of this book is the relationship between information and decisions, as encountered in actual investigations. The relationship between 'data' and 'information, ' or when does a fact become a clue, is explored through a number of case histories. The role of the patrol report in initiating investigations, the role of the detective bureau in initiating its own investigations, and the…