Chapter Overview

        The purpose of this chapter is to provide information about the criminal intelligence units, the intelligence/analytical cycle which results in finished and useable products for clients, and an array of analytical and investigative tools available to investigators, such as crime analysis, time event charting, telephone record analysis, e-mail intercepts, various approaches to criminal profiling, geoprofiling, financial analysis, the National Center , the National Crime Information Center, CODIS, and the internet as an investigative tool. You will find these subjects referred to in a number of other chapters and occasionally you may find it useful to return to this chapter and freshen your understanding of them. This chapter cannot provide the depth of attention which many of the subjects herein deserve. You should come away from this chapter with an understanding of some of the more specialized concepts and tools available to investigators.