Basic grounding and overview -- Preliminary investigation -- Preserving the crime scene -- Physical evidence -- Criminal patterns -- Interviews and interrogations -- Fingerprints -- From surveillance to records and files -- Writing reports -- Robbery -- Assault -- Sexual assault and rape -- Kidnapping and extortion -- Homicide -- Burglary -- Larceny/theft -- Motor vehicle theft -- Arson and bombing investigations -- Organized crime -- White-collar crime -- Narcotics and dangerous drugs -- Terrorism and cyber-predators.