- Author
- Hartigan, N. F.
- Title
- Illinois Attorney General Arson Training and Prosecution Manual.
- Coporate
- Illinois Attorney General, Chicago
- Distribution
- Available from Clausen Miller Gorman Cafrey and Witous, P.C., 10 South La Salle St., Chicago, IL 60603-1098 ($20.00)
- Keywords
- arson | manuals | training | fire behavior | fire detection | fire investigations | flammable gases | insurance
- Identifiers
- general nature and behavior of fire; incendiay fire detection; electrical aspects of fire causation and investigation; eliminating natural causes and flase indicators; fire, explosion and flammable gases; forensics; interviewing occurrence and circumstantial witnesses: the follow-up; office of the State Fire Marshal; role the tax investigator can play in an arson investigation; grand jury; substantive elements of Illinois arson statutes and other arson related statutes; role of federal agencies in the fight against arson, and federal anti-arson statutes; basic search and seizure law and related sub-parts; law of the confession and incriminating statements; foundations for the admissibility of evidence and expert opinion; investigation of fire related deaths; discovery of financial fraud through analysis; psychiatric and psychological evidence; essential of the decision to prosecute in the trial of an arson case; understanding the insurance policy; duties and role of the claim representative; role of the independent adjuster in the investigation of a property loss; independent cause and origin investigator; role of the independent accountant; insurance company's attorney; insured's representative: the public adjuster; insured's representative: attorney