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Everything Private Investigation Bookby Sheila L. Stephens
F+W Media 2010; US$ 14.95Observe someone without being observed. Dig up long-buried dirt. Catch a cheating spouse. The Everything Private Investigation Book shows you the basic research techniques and tricks the pros use. You'll learn how to get background information using a wide range of sources, including newspapers, court records, military files, and even the DMV. Written by experienced investigators, this guide helps you to: Use the Internet to get information on anyone and anything Conduct background checks for prospective employees or tenants Uncover hidden identities and assets Manage a physical or electronic surveillance Protect privacy and avoid identity theft Whether you're a journalist, an amateur genealogist, a business owner, a landlord, or just... more...
Practical Handbook for Private Investigatorsby Rory J. McMahon
CRC Press 2001; US$ 84.95This handbook provides comprehensive coverage of private investigation. It contains descriptions of the various types of investigations, case studies, and practical tips. It also offers advice on how to testify, how to set up practice and how to get licensed. more...
Practical Handbook for Professional Investigatorsby Rory J. McMahon
CRC Press 2007; US$ 89.95Designed as a nuts-and-bolts learning tool for students and as a day-to-day reference resource for the investigative professional, this handbook provides a guide to the ins and outs of the world of private investigator. more...
Spygirlby Amy Gray
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 11.99While her friends are making mad cash and getting massages at their dot-com jobs, Amy Gray quits her low-status publishing position to realize her girlhood dream of being a private investigator. Joining a small Manhattan agency, she finds herself plunged into an intriguing world of “con men, lunatics, narcissists, polygamists, sociopaths, felons, petty thieves, and pathological liars”—a description almost as apt for the men in her social life as for her on-the-job subjects. Working with a gang of misfit colleagues (a former zookeeper, a one-time child star, an avant-garde philosopher, and other eccentrics), Amy discovers even more about herself as she detects uncanny parallels between her investigations and her tumultuous... more...
Private Investigation and Security Scienceby Frank MacHovec
Charles C Thomas 2006; US$ 36.95This book can be used in several ways: as a basic textbook or training manual for classroom study for required courses in private investigation, for individual study in preparation for required state examinations, as an update and refresher for veteran investigators, as a handy desk reference, or as an introduction to and an overview of the field of private investigation. Though its focus is private investigation, its contents is relevant to law enforcement, security and intelligence services, and insurance and fraud investigation. Chapters are arranged in a sequence intended to build a knowledge base and facilitate developing competent, effective skills. There are 82 skill builder exercises throughout the book to actively involve... more...
Introduction to Private Investigationby Joseph Anthony Travers
Charles C Thomas 2005; US$ 44.95Introduction to Private Investigation is designed to provide the essential knowledge and procedures needed to operate successfully as a private investigator. It is both an instructional textbook for those individuals desiring a career as a private investigator, and a resource manual that can be an invaluable tool for later reference. The approach is a direct, concise style, which facilitates comprehension by novices as well as experienced private investigators, and makes possible competent and professional performance of all types of private investigation. The purpose for writing this book is to fill the existing need within the field for a precise comprehensive text detailing the development of skills necessary for professional investigative... more...
Call in Pinkerton'sby David Ricardo Williams
Dundurn Press 1998; US$ 22.99Soon after Allan Pinkerton established his legendary detective agency in the United States, Canadians began seeking their services. Call in Pinkerton's is the history of the agency's work on behalf of Canadian governments and police forces. During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, Pinkerton's operatives hunted legendary train robber Bill Miner in the woods of British Columbia, infiltrated German spy rings during World War I, and helped future prime minister John A. Macdonald to fend off the Fenian raids. They tracked down the Reno Brothers in Windsor, Ontario, and investigated labour unrest in Hamilton. The agency's detectives countered crimes all over Canada, particularly in the West and British Columbia. Pinkerton's... more...
Advanced Private Investigationby William F. Blake
Charles C Thomas 2011; US$ 35.95The purpose of this book is to provide a basic understanding of some of the more complex matters faced by the private investigator. Real expertise in the advanced level of private investigations comes from expanding this basic information into a more comprehensive working knowledge of the issues. It is not the purpose of this book to make an individual a highly skilled private investigator in every conceivable investigative area. Rather the intent is to whet the interest in areas not normally encountered in law enforcement or the academic environment. A general minimum knowledge in these areas will be valuable when it becomes necessary to employ an especially skilled subcontractor to support the primary investigative matter. The authors of... more...
Honeytraps and Sexpionageby Richard Martinez
Summersdale Publishers Ltd. 2009; US$ 10.99"He notices her as soon as she walks in. She basks in the knowledge that she has the power to attract almost anyone around her. And yet she only has eyes for one man. She has to find out whether he wants her before the night is over. An hour later there is hardly any distance between the newly acquainted couple. She works for me, the slender-framed woman in the little black dress. My name is Richard Martinez and I am a private detective. Next time you get chatted up in a bar by a good-looking stranger, will you be confident that youve not fallen prey to a honeytrapper? Your partner might not be around, but they may have their private eye on you A surprising number of couples engage the services of a private investigator.... more...
The Modern Bodyguardby Peter Consterdine
Summersdale Publishers Ltd. 2007; US$ 35.99The most comprehensive manual on the subject of Executive Protection. Over the past few years, its author, Peter Consterdine has run EP operations in such diverse geographies as Moscow, Beirut, Madrid, Kazakhstan, London, St. Petersburg, Algeria and the Far East.As the definitive training manual, The Modern Bodyguard covers all you need to know about the work of bodyguarding and includes over 100 photographs and more than 70 illustrations covering the most up-to-date techniques. Peter adopts a real world approach to how the many drills and procedures should be applied in practice not just in theory.The subjects covered include:Personal Security, The CP Team, Terrorist Tactics, Threat and Threat Assessment, Location Security, Travel... more...
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