Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers (Howdunit) - Like New

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Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
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Unbranded
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ISBN
9781582974552
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1582974551
ISBN-13
9781582974552
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59057406

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
384 Pages
Publication Name
Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and Investigation : a Guide for Writers
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Subject
Law Enforcement, Criminal Law / General, Criminology
Type
Textbook
Author
Lee Lofland
Subject Area
Law, Political Science, Social Science
Series
Howdunit Ser.
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
6 in

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Trade
LCCN
2007-017940
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
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 autopsies Detailed information on officer training, tools of the trade, drug busts, con air procedures, crime scene investigation techniques, and more First-person details from the author about his experiences as a detective, including accounts of arrests, death penalty executions, and criminal encounters Police Procedure & Investigation is the next best thing to having a police detective personally assigned to your book!, 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 autopsies Detailed information on officer training, tools of the trade, drug busts, con air procedures, crime scene investigation techniques, and more First-person details from the author about his experiences as a detective, including accounts of arrests, death penalty executions, and criminal encounters Police Procedure & Investigation is the next best thing to having a police detective personally assigned to your book, This authoritative guide will provide insight into a cops world; the terminology used by police officers; an in-depth look at the tools of the trade; squad house hierarchy; legal terms; courtroom terminology; jail, gang, and convict slang; street talk; drug crime information; con air procedures; information on autopsies and death penalty executions; cadet training procedures; fingerprinting details; a breakdown of murder and manslaughter charges; and tons of other useful informationall the things that explain why and how cops do what they do. This book will be the next best thing to having a police detective personally assigned to the reader. The author, Lee Lofland, is a nationally acclaimed expert on police procedures and crime scene investigations. He consults for many best-selling authors, and is currently working with Stuart Kaminsky on the CSI: NY series. He is a regular speaker at writers conferences, including the Left Coast Crime Conference, Pennwriters Conference, Deadly Ink, and Willamette Writers Conference., To write a credible police story, writers need to know how police investigations really work. This latest book in the Howdunit series gives the lowdown on how everyday folks, as well as writers and journalists, misunderstand or incorrectly portray how the police work. Keeping in mind the mistakes most often made, this guide provides insight into a cop's world: the terminology used by police officers; an in-depth look at the tools of the trade; legal terms; courtroom terminology; jail, gang, and convict slang; street talk; drug information; and tons of other useful information. Perfect for learning why and how cops do what they do, this book is the next best thing to having a police detective personally assigned to the reader., Useful to write a police story, this book provides an insight into a cop's world: the terminology used by police officers; a look at the tools of the trade; legal terms; courtroom terminology; jail, gang, and convict slang; and, drug information., 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 autopsies .Detailed information on officer training, tools of the trade, drug busts, con air procedures, crime scene investigation techniques, and more .First-person details from the author about his experiences as a detective, including accounts of arrests, death penalty executions, and criminal encounters Police Procedure & Investigation is the next best thing to having a police detective personally assigned to your book!
LC Classification Number
HV7921.L64 2007

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