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Investigations in the workplace

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferraro, Eugene.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Employee crimes.
Investigations > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Employee theft > Investigation > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Personnel management > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The process of investigation
  • Investigation terminology
  • Investigation defined
  • The subject
  • Interview v. interrogation
  • Fact-finders v. investigators
  • Decision-maker v. prosecutor
  • Misconduct and malfeasance
  • B. the investigative process
  • The elements of a successful investigation
  • The eight methods of investigation
  • The seven phases of investigation
  • The differences between the public and private sector
  • An historical perspective
  • Mission
  • Advantages of the public sector
  • Advantages of the private sector
  • More sophisticated crimes and perpetrators
  • Greater use of technology
  • More litigious workforce
  • Expanded rights and protections of employees
  • The fundamentals of fact-finding
  • The history of the modern fact-finder
  • The lincoln years and origin of the secret service
  • The texas rangers
  • The creation of the fbi
  • The birth of corporate investigations
  • The role of the fact-finder
  • The fact-finder defined
  • Gather facts and evidence
  • Document and catalog
  • Report findings to a higher authority
  • Provide recommendations only when asked
  • The objectives of the investigation
  • Determining the objectives
  • Modifying the objectives
  • Potential and intended outcomes
  • Prosecution
  • Discipline
  • Restitution
  • Evidence collection and preservation
  • The definition of evidence
  • Hearsay evidence
  • Admissibility and materiality
  • Spoliation of evidence
  • Evidence retention
  • Chain of custody
  • The methods of investigation
  • Physical surveillance
  • Physical surveillance defined
  • Stationary and moving surveillance
  • Evidence collection and preservation
  • Electronic surveillance
  • Electronic surveillance defined
  • Methods and applications
  • Research and audit
  • The fundamentals of research and audit
  • Statutory prohibitions and restrictions
  • Sources of information
  • Criminal courts
  • Courts and public filings
  • Forensic analysis
  • Chemical analysis
  • Accident and incident reconstruction
  • Computer forensics
  • Forensic document examination
  • Deception detection
  • Forensic psychology
  • Other forms of forensic analysis
  • Undercover
  • Undercover investigations defined
  • When should undercover be used?
  • When undercover operations are not appropriate
  • Selecting a vendor
  • Selecting the undercover operative
  • Operative placement
  • Deciding the number of operative to use
  • The cover story
  • Project management
  • Communications
  • Drug investigations
  • Theft investigations
  • Case closure.

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