Podcasts
Matt Spaier is the host of PI Perspectives. He has interviewed a number of contributing authors about the Art of Investigation.
PI PERSPECTIVES is the premier PODCAST for Private Investigators. Hosted by Award winning private investigator Matt Spaier. Listen to him interview contributors to the Art of Investigation - Revisited on youtube. Check out his website at WWW.PIPERSPECTIVES.COM
Bruce Sackman served as the Special Agent in Charge of the US Department of Veterans Affairs OIG until his retirement in 2005. He is currently a private investigator in NYC.
Chelsea Binns is a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC. She is a licensed private investigator and active in several professional investigative organizations
The Art of Investigation - Revisited
The Art of Investigation Revisited: Practical Tips from the Experts examines the qualities required to be a professional, thorough, and effective investigator and is a follow up to the authors' highly touted book, The Art of Investigation (2019). This book features a wholly new line-up of investigators, experienced professionals in the field, who delve into the "soft skills" that make an investigator effective. Each chapter examines a specific quality required to be a professional, thorough, and—most importantly—successful in this challenging discipline.
The editors, and contributing authors, are all top in their field and bring a wealth of real-world knowledge and experience to the subject. While several publications exist on the procedures and steps of an investigation, few books cover the creative and intuitive skills required. Such traits are necessary to continually question in the face of investigative roadblocks, unique qualities endemic to an inquisitive mind that can be trained to improve an investigator's professional skill set. Each chapter discusses the applicability of the traits and requirements to the contributor's own work and experience as an investigator. In doing so, the contributors will provide valuable stories from their personal experience, which demonstrates their use or a given trait and its importance in the course of their investigative work and career.
The case examples included throughout are engaging and, as is often the case, surprising. An investigator must keep an open mind above all else and this book seeks to "lift the veil" on the inner workings of an investigation and the thought pro- cess and inner monologue of an investigator as part of that process. The book is a welcome addition to any investigator's toolkit and is also of interest to students in criminal justice, security and Homeland Security programs, security consultants, corporate and private security professionals, and the legal community.