Introduction to Private Investigation is designed to provide the essential knowledge and procedures needed to operate successfully as a private investigator. It is both an instructional textbook for those individuals desiring a career as a private investigator and a resource manual that can be an invaluable tool for later reference. The approach is a direct, concise style, which facilitates comprehension by novices as well as experienced private investigators, and makes possible competent and professional performance of all types of private investigation. The purpose for writing this book is to fill the existing need within the field for a precise comprehensive text detailing the development of skills necessary for professional investigative work. In addition, there is a lack of recent, up-to-date textbooks currently available to individuals wishing to learn about private investigation. Introduction to Private Investigation will help fill this void. One unique attribute is its commitment to the practice of private investigation in the private business sector (civil justice) as well as the public sector (criminal justice). Another notable quality is its concern with both the portrayal of private investigation as a legitimate professional discipline and the subsequent degradation of the popular, media propagated misconceptions of private investigators. This third edition is an update of the laws of technological advances since 2005 and the addition of Chapter 14, "Private Investigation and Computer Technology" due to the rapid advances in the field of computer technology as it relates to investigation. This book is intended for both the individual without prior investigative experience and the newly licensed private investigator that lacks formal education in a private investigations vocational school. It is also written for those persons possessing a background in police or law enforcement.