Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers

Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers

by Lee Lofland
Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers

Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers

by Lee Lofland

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Overview

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!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781582974552
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/08/2007
Series: Howdunit
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 632,112
Product dimensions: 6.06(w) x 7.98(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

With a career in law enforcement that spanned nearly two decades, Lee Lofland (www.leelofland.com) 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.

Table of Contents


Foreword     XV
Preface     1
Law Enforcement in America     4
The Police Academy     25
Police Officers: Their Duties and Equipment     39
Detectives     67
Arrest and Search Procedures     92
Homicide, Murder, and Manslaughter     117
Crime Scene Investigation     129
Fingerprinting     152
DNA     167
Autopsy     183
Drugs, Not Money, are the Root of All Evil     205
Tell It to the Judge: Courts and the Legal Process     233
Prisons and Jails     271
Con Air: Coffee, Tea, or Handcuff Key?     308
The Death Penalty     318
C.S....I Don't Think So     330
Epilogue     340
Glossary of Terms     341
Police 10 Codes     346
Drug Quantity Table     349
Federal Sentencing Table     360
Index     362
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