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F.D. Jordan has over 21 years
experience as a police officer working for the Kansas City Police Department (Missouri).
He has extensive experience working the Kansas City Police Department Special Victims Unit, Sex Crimes Section. His is the author of Sex Crime Investigations: The Complete Investigator's Handbook.
According to the description of,
Sex Crime Investigations: The Complete Investigator's
Handbook, “when a sexual act occurs in combination with a physical or emotional assault, as in rape or child
sexual abuse, highly sensitive issues often get misdirected, especially in the criminal justice system. For this reason, sex
crime investigation in one field that investigators can ill afford to learn by trial and error. This book takes you step-by-step
through how successful sex crime investigations are conducted and provides a clear and comprehensive look at the complexities
and realities of the field that investigators and their agencies must learn to deal with, including selecting appropriate
investigative personnel, gathering evidence at crime scenes, interviewing victims, interrogating suspected sex offenders and
getting confessions, working with child sexual abuse victims, building solid cases for prosecution and much more. It is a
must for investigators, prosecutors, defense attorneys, social workers, sexual assault victim advocates and the victims and
their families.”
Rollie Powell is a retired detective
from the Rutland City Police Department (Vermont). He is the author of Killjoy-A
Cop's Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse. According to the book description,
it “is the story of Rollie Powell's ten-year personal war against child sexual abuse, against the indifference and social
denial that allows this crime to exist and grow at an alarming rate. As a detective with Rutland's Bureau of Criminal Investigation
in Vermont he offers a full view of the issues from someone who has been on the frontlines - of the perpetrators, the victims,
their families, the overloaded justice system and the public media reactions.”
According to one reader of Killjoy-A Cop's Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse, “As the mother
of two young children, I recommend this book to every parent. I also believe that anyone working with children (teachers,
social workers, law enforcement, camp counselors, baysitters)MUST read this book! You could help protect a child. Anyone interested
in true crime books will also find this book fascinating. Not only was I quickly educated on what pedophilia and child sexual
abuse are, I realized how big a problem this really is, and how quickly is 'spreads' like a disease. More importantly, I learned
about the warning signs of abuse and realized I saw some of those signs in my own children. A closer look at my own kids revealed
serious problems in their daycare and I removed them immediately.”
Rollie Powell’s book offers
to appendices: Prevention Guide and Resource Guide. “In the Prevention Guide, Powell offers techniques and methods for
prevention through educating children, recognizing signs of abuse in children, providing love and support and getting professional
help. The Resource Guide is a list of associations, organizations, state agencies and web sites, offering support and information.”
Three New York
City Police Department detectives are among the co-authors of the Rape Investigations Handbook: John
A. Savino; Alan Sandomir; and, John J. Baeza. According to the book description,
“This work addresses specific investigative and forensic processes related to sex crimes for those who work in law enforcement,
the defense community, or in the private sector. It is an unprecedented collaborative work -- the first working manual for
sex crime investigators, written by sex crime investigators and forensic scientists.
The key feature
of this work is a thorough overview of the investigative and forensic processes related to sex crime investigation. It takes
the reader through investigative and forensic processes in a logical sequence, showing how investigations of rape and sexual
assault can and should be conducted from start to finish. It is intended to set the investigative and forensic standard for
sex crimes investigation.
It is designed
to be accessible, in terms of language, not only to a detective or investigator who does hands on casework, but to the student
in the classroom learning about the subject for the first time.
This work is
an excellent training manual for sex crime investigators around the world. It is also an excellent textbook for any hands
on university course on the subject of sex crime investigation. This work is an excellent supplement for any investigative
course involving violent crime or death investigation. The only comprehensive reference available on the investigation of
sexual assault and rape, a crime 10 times more prevalent than murder; Authored
by qualified investigators and forensic professionals with more than twenty years of collective experience working cases,
preparing them for court, and offering testimony; and, Written in a clear, practical style, ideal for professionals in forensic
nursing, law enforcement, the legal community, and the investigative community.”
Don Howell graduated with honors with a degree in Police
Science and Administration. He spent 25 years as a police officer for two different agencies in Southern California cities.
Don is retired from the Huntington Beach Police Department. As a detective for more than 15 years, he specialized
in the investigation of sexual assaults and child abuse. He is a court certified expert in these areas and is a highly sought
after consultant to agencies on complex cases. As a consultant to the California Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards
and training (P.O.S.T.), Don was considered to be one of the best in his field and was selected to assist in making a teleconference
course on rape investigations.
According to the book description of Interviewing
Sexually Motivated Offenders, “Sex offenders are the most fascinating criminals law enforcement deals
with. Taking the mystery out of interviewing them isn't difficult. Replacing the complex psychological definitions with
a working understanding of how sex offenders think and act is the key to improving your interviewing skills. Combine this
with the five trademarks of the actual interview and you have a new interviewing strategy that will increase your confession
rate. This is not magic. Instead it approaches interviewing the sex offender from a different direction or perspective, to
allow you to identify the offender's behavior and use it to your advantage.”
According
to the book description of Interviewing Sex Crime Victims, “Strongly endorsed by John Walsh,
the host of America's Most Wanted, and recommended by law enforcement professionals, social workers and educators, this
book presents a step-by-step formula for interviewing sex crime victims, particularly children. The non-threatening method
of interviewing children shown in the book is quickly becoming the "standard" for these difficult investigations.
This book introduces the "team" approach to sex crimes investigation, demonstrating the success of blending law
enforcement officers and social workers, working together to solve the crime and protect the victim.”
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