Easy-to-use and fantastically inclusive, this is the book on private investigation, whether you want to establish yourself as a professional or just use some of the tools of a P.I. for your own business. You’ll get the low-down on pre-employment research, tenant screening, adoption searches, safeguarding yourself from investigation, and much more. —Completely revised with all-new chapters on skip tracing and due diligence searches —Skills and techniques for average citizens, as well as professionals —Includes the most useful—and little-known—databases
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Customer Rating: Summary: Not helpful Comment: Skip this book. Check out this one for a far superior alternative: Private Investigating Made Easy: How to Conduct Investigations Using Public Records and More! Customer Rating: Summary: One of the best self-help books ever! Comment: A great book for beginning PI's or those that are thinking of going into the business. Great reference book! Customer Rating: Summary: intro to private investigating Comment: It is a very good and exciting introduction to the study of private investigating. He covers a broad range of subjects in the field, and helps you with further studies. Thanks Steve My friends think it is good also because I have not recieved it back yet. Customer Rating: Summary: Very good book for the price Comment: This is a very good book for someone who knows nothing or very little about investigations. Some advice is common sense but other are very good techniques almost anyone can use. The writer is an ex FBI agent who knows what he is talking about. The book also has very good advice on getting free (or at a very low price) information. It's a very good reading even if you are not going to work as a P.I. Customer Rating: Summary: A "must have" book for novice Private Investigators Comment: I have finished reading this book, and here are my findings:
The book is very easy to read. In some portions, it is almost a page turner, and you could forget you're reading an instruction text. The information is presented clear and accurate, with enough personal stories to put the use of the techniques into context without becoming too "wordy" or redundant. The book does not extensively cover legal terminology or evidence collection and photography procedures (for that, I'd recommend "The Process of Investigation" by Sennewald and Tsukayama), but it does a great job of covering the basic techniques of Surveillance, Interviewing, Interrogation, Internet Database and Public Records Searchies and other Electronic Surveillance measuresOverall I would say that this book is a must read for anyone who is considering entering the field of Private Investigation.
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