| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 302 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
PROBING INTO COLD CASES; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 FIFTEEN KEYS TO COLD CASES; Chapter 2 THINKING SYSTEMATICALLY; Chapter 3 THE INTERNAL REALM; Chapter 4 THE PROXIMAL REALM; Chapter 5 THE DISTAL REALM; Chapter 6 THE WIDER ENVIRONMENT; Chapter 7 THE WIDER ENVIRONMENT; Chapter 8 KNOWLEDGE; Chapter 9 FINANCIAL INFORMATION; Chapter 10 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER; INDEX. |
| Summary |
The investigative experience offers many challenges in reconstructing past events and in discovering the persons, entities, and organizations involved in a crime or a civil wrong. The discussion begins with explaining the nature of cold cases and the major problems associated with these investigations. A cold case investigation progresses from the internal (the case's center), proximal (contact evidence), distal (immediate vicinity) to the limbic (the world at large) realms of information. The text stresses the importance of gathering basic identifiers about the victim, suspect, product, or ob. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
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Cold cases (Criminal investigation) |
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Criminal investigation.
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Criminal investigation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mendell, Ronald L. Probing into cold cases. Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, ©2010 9780398079031 (DLC) 2009028634 (OCoLC)427704459 |
| ISBN |
9780398085568 (electronic book) |
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0398085560 (electronic book) |
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9780398079031 |
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039807903X |
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9780398079048 |
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0398079048 |
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