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| The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to) | 
 enlarge | Author: Steven Kerry Brown
Publisher: Alpha
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 16866
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.3 x 1
ISBN: 1592576524
Dewey Decimal Number: 345
EAN: 9781592576524
ASIN: 1592576524
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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Condition: great condition
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Product Description
The gumshoe go-torevised and updated.
Easy-to-use and fantastically inclusive, this is the book on private investigation, whether you want to establish yourself as a professional or just use some of the tools of a P.I. for your own business. Youll get the low-down on pre-employment research, tenant screening, adoption searches, safeguarding yourself from investigation, and much more.
Completely revised with all-new chapters on skip tracing and due diligence searches
Skills and techniques for average citizens, as well as professionals
Includes the most usefuland little-knowndatabases
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A Must Buy For Both The Experienced And Novice Investigator. December 23, 2003
82 out of 86 found this review helpful
As a licensed private investigator and college instructor of private investigation courses, I must commend Mr. Steven Kerry Brown for writing a book that is, in my humble opinion, the best book currently in print covering the basic techniques/procedures of the private investigation profession. This book is of great value to both the experienced and novice investigator alike.
While there are many great titles available for specific areas of the private investigation profession, there are few good titles that cover the general aspects of private investigation; of those, this one is the best I've had the pleasure of reading. This book also contains detailed explanations of how to effectively employ the aforementioned techniques/procedures, including: tools of the trade, skip-tracing, employing public records, performing background investigations, interviews/interrogations, surveillance, and more. For the price, you should not think twice about adding this title to your investigative library.
I would also like to personally thank Mr. Brown for taking the time to send me multiple signed copies of this book.
As always, check with your local library or bookstore to see if you can read/review this or any title before deciding to make a purchase. This method has effectively allowed me to make the most of my investigative library budget.
I hope you found this review helpful. [...]
Informative. Fascinating. Fun. September 28, 2002
52 out of 54 found this review helpful
Private Investigating by Steven Kerry Brown is a great resource for anyone wanting to be a Private Investigator, hire a private investigator or do their own investigating. The book is peppered with vignettes from Brown's expansive investigative career. What a life! By sharing his personal experiences as an FBI agent and private investigator, he has let the reader into a world few can imagine or experience. He is certainly the one to write this book. From practical information on understanding caller ID and what to do if your home is burglarized to more complicated techniques of interrogation and surveillance, this book has it all. I found the chapters on locating missing persons especially useful. Don't waste time or spend a cent trying to find someone until you exhaust the free search tools outlined in this book. Just the resources he lists are more than worth the price of the book. It's a great read and an essential reference tool.
Make Your Ex Support His Children September 16, 2003
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
In 1992 my ex-husband took our daughter
and fled to Georgia. Of course leaving me in Washington state. I got the
child back but since then child support was hit and miss. In August of last
year the child support stopped all together. I would call my caseworker at
support enforcement every few months and finally realized that if you want
something done, do it yourself. Not knowing where to start I called a
private agency specializing in collecting child support payments. They
wanted 34% of what is owed to your child. I felt that was robbery, so I
bought The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating. I was on page
98 of the book when I started my hunt. It took me four hours and the only
thing I paid for was 2 phone calls at seven cents a minute. Not too bad for
my first try. I now have a lien against his property, drivers license,
hunting and fishing license, and his income tax return.The amount owed to me was $7,566.62 as the author said in this book "not too
shabby for 4 hours worth of work" THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS BOOK .
SMART MONEY BUYS THIS BOOK September 9, 2002
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
Old detectives, like old magicians, rarely reveal their best tricks and techniques. I spent twenty-five years as a corporate security director and licensed private investigator and, dispite the fact that I am now retired, I would never have opened the door as wide as Steven Kerry Brown has for the readers of THE COMPLETE'S IDIOT'S GUIDE TO PRIVATE INVESTIGATING.The information detailed in this book, with regards to sources and methods, would require semesters in college classes or years of experience to aquire. College classes are expensive and mistakes made on the street can cause bad things to happen. This book is not only a good primer for people entering the private investigative field, it is a good desk reference for lawyers, insurance adjusters, and corporate security directors who frequently employ the services of a private investigator. Mystery readers will find this book illuminating. Mystery writers need to buy a copy now! Licensed private investigators should keep a copy of this book with dictionary and thesaurus.
Best book to date on private investigating. January 8, 2006
23 out of 26 found this review helpful
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Private Investigating is so good that we made it required reading for all our investigators at Sherlock Investigations.
Whether you're simply interested in what PIs do, want to get into the field, or are an old pro, I highly recommend this books. I've been an investigator for 30 years, and I learned a lot from Steven Kerry Brown's book.
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