Criminal Investigation

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.

PART 1

FUNDAMENTALS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

 

CHAPTER 1 – CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION: AN OVERVIEW

CHAPTER 2 – PROCESSING THE CRIME SCENE

 

PART 2

THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS

 

CHAPTER 3 – THE CRIME SCENE: FIELD NOTES, DOCUMENTING, & REPORTING

CHAPTER 4 – SEARCH AND SEIZURE

CHAPTER 5 – IDENTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL SUSPECTS: FIELD AND LABORATORY PROCESSES

CHAPTER 6 – THE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE FUNCTION

CHAPTER 7 – UNDERCOVER AND SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS

CHAPTER 8 – MAKING AN ARREST

CHAPTER 9 – INTERVIEWS AND INTERROGATIONS

CHAPTER 10 – DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF INFORMANTS

 

PART 3

INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE

 

CHAPTER 11 – WRONGFUL DEATH

CHAPTER 12 – ROBBERY

CHAPTER 13 – ASSAULT AND RELATED OFFENSES

CHAPTER 14 – SEXUAL ASSAULT

CHAPTER 15 – MISSING AND ABDUCTED PERSONS

CHAPTER 16 – CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

 

PART 4

PROPERTY CLAIMS

 

CHAPTER 17 – BURGLARY

CHAPTER 18 – LARCENY-THEFT

CHAPTER 19 – MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT

CHAPTER 20 – ARSON AND BOMBINGS

 

PART 5

VICE CRIMES AND RELATED OFFENSES

 

CHAPTER 21 – DRUG OFFENSES

CHAPTER 22 – WHITE-COLLAR CRIME

 

PART 6

PROSECUTION

 

CHAPTER 23 – PREPARATION FOR COURT

 

APPENDIX A: PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

APPENDIX B: CASES

GLOSSARY

INDEX