Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers
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Not everything you see on your favorite crime show is accurate. In fact, a lot of it is flat out wrong. Police Procedure & Investigation helps you get your facts straight about the inner workings of law enforcement.With a career in law enforcement that spanned nearly two decades, author Lee Lofland is a nationally acclaimed expert on police procedures and crime scene investigations who consults regularly with best-selling authors and television producers. Now you can benefit from his years of experience with Police Procedure & Investigation.This comprehensive resource includes:More than 80 photographs, illustrations, and charts showing everything from defensive moves used by officers to prison cells and autopsiesDetailed information on officer training, tools of the trade, drug busts, con air procedures, crime scene investigation techniques, and moreFirst-person details from the author about his experiences as a detective, including accounts of arrests, death penalty executions, and criminal encountersPolice Procedure & Investigation is the next best thing to having a police detective personally assigned to your book!
Foreword XVPreface 1Law Enforcement in America 4The Police Academy 25Police Officers: Their Duties and Equipment 39Detectives 67Arrest and Search Procedures 92Homicide, Murder, and Manslaughter 117Crime Scene Investigation 129Fingerprinting 152DNA 167Autopsy 183Drugs, Not Money, are the Root of All Evil 205Tell It to the Judge: Courts and the Legal Process 233Prisons and Jails 271Con Air: Coffee, Tea, or Handcuff Key? 308The Death Penalty 318C.S....I Don't Think So 330Epilogue 340Glossary of Terms 341Police 10 Codes 346Drug Quantity Table 349Federal Sentencing Table 360Index 362
