Introduction to Conducting Private Investigations: Private Investigator Entry Level (02E)

by Philip A. Becnel IV, Philip Becnel

Introduction to Conducting Private Investigations provides the essential tools you need to become a successful private investigator. From conducting straightforward background investigations to more complicated cases involving accidents and fraud, you will learn the critical skills needed to conduct all types of investigations and build a thriving business. Specifically tailored to meet the requirements established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, this easy-to-use resource offers an excellent balance between theory and practice, and is the definitive guide for private investigation instruction.

Learn About Eight Types of Investigations:
- Accident investigations
- Background investigations
- Criminal investigations
- Domestic investigations
- Fraud and financial investigations
- Insurance investigations
- Missing persons investigations
- Undercover investigations

Inside This Textbook You Will Learn:
- How to apply the scientific method to the investigation process
- How to conduct research, interviews, and surveillance
- How to manage the products of an investigation
- The ethics of being a private investigator
- The law of public and private investigations

248 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2013

About the author

I was born in San Francisco and raised in Cotati, California, but I spent my formative years in New Orleans and then Northern Virginia. I now live in Washington, D.C., where I've been a private detective for almost twenty years.

FREEDOM CITY, an homage to The Monkey Wrench Gang set in post-Trump America, is my debut novel, but some years ago I published two nonfiction books about investigating: Introduction to Conducting Private Investigations and Principles of Investigative Documentation. I've also published articles in a variety of legal and popular journals, including Time Magazine.

I have a beautiful girlfriend and two precocious teenagers.