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      Logical Investigative Methods
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      Logical Investigative Methods book

      Critical Thinking and Reasoning for Successful Investigations

      Logical Investigative Methods

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      Logical Investigative Methods book

      Critical Thinking and Reasoning for Successful Investigations
      ByRobert J. Girod
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2014
      eBook Published 3 October 2014
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/b17482
      Pages 288
      eBook ISBN 9780429256479
      Subjects Social Sciences
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      Girod, R.J. (2014). Logical Investigative Methods: Critical Thinking and Reasoning for Successful Investigations (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/b17482

      ABSTRACT

      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 he

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|12 pages

      The Scientific Method: Fact Finding in Investigations

      chapter 2|12 pages

      Cognitive Skills: Perceptions and Thought Processes

      chapter 3|12 pages

      Logic: Deduction and Induction

      chapter 4|12 pages

      Critical Thinking: Fact Pattern Analysis

      chapter 5|12 pages

      Logical Reasoning: Legal Inferences

      chapter 6|18 pages

      Back to Basics: Criminal Investigation Skills Why the “Basics” Are Important or Why Not to Skip

      chapter 7|18 pages

      Personality Profiling: The Compass

      chapter 8|12 pages

      Personality Profiling: The Map

      chapter 9|14 pages

      Profiling the Criminal Mind: Criminal Investigative Analysis

      chapter 10|14 pages

      Interviewing and Interrogation

      chapter 11|14 pages

      Kinesic Interviewing and Body Language

      chapter 12|14 pages

      Deception Detective: Discourse and Content Analysis

      chapter 13|14 pages

      Analytical Investigative Methods: Processing

      chapter 14|20 pages

      Communicating Skills: Critical Documentation Investigative Report Writing: “The Job’s Not Finished ’til the

      chapter 15|16 pages

      Logical Presentation Methods: Conveying Information

      chapter 16|36 pages

      Using Logical Investigative Methods: Recapitulation

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