1st Edition

Logical Investigative Methods Critical Thinking and Reasoning for Successful Investigations

By Robert J. Girod Copyright 2015
290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages 78 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

All too often, professional investigations fail because those involved jump to conclusions and draw faulty premises that leave the trail cold. Correct conclusions are not the result of guessing, but by applying efficient thought processes. Logical Investigative Methods: Critical Thinking and Reasoning for Successful Investigations is designed to help investigators, detectives, special agents,... Read more

The Scientific Method: Fact Finding in Investigations. Cognitive Skills: Perceptions and Thought Processes. Logic: Deduction and Induction. Critical Thinking: Fact Pattern Analysis. Logical Reasoning: Legal Inferences. Back to Basics: Criminal Investigations Skills. Personality Profiling: The Compass. Personality Profiling: The Map. Profiling the Criminal Mind: Criminal Investigative Analysis. Interviewing and Interrogation. Kinesic Interviewing and Body Language. Deception Detection: Discourse and Content Analysis. Analytical Investigative Methods: Processing Data. Communicating Skills: Critical Documentation. Logical Presentation Methods: Conveying Information. Using Logical Investigative Methods: Recapitulation.

Biography

Dr. Robert Girod, Sr. is a 35-year veteran law enforcement officer (city, county, state, and federal), an attorney and consulting detective, and adjunct professor (eight universities), and a former military officer. He is the author of Advanced Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Operations: Tradecraft Methods, Practices, Tactics, and Techniques, Police Liability and Risk Management: Torts, Civil Rights and Employment Law, Infamous Murders and Mysteries: Cold Case Files and Who-Done-Its, and Profiling the Criminal Mind: Behavioral Science and Criminal Investigative Analysis. He has authored articles for various professional periodicals, such as FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Security Management, The Police Marksman, and Musubi.