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The latest in the Writers Digest Books Howdunit series, Police Procedure and Investigation is an authoritative guide that provides insight into a cop's world; the terminology used by police officers; an in-depth look at the tools of the trade; squad house hierarchy; legal terms; courtroom terminology; jail, gang, and convict slang; street talk; drug crime information; con air procedures; information on autopsies and death penalty executions; cadet training procedures; fingerprinting details; a breakdown of murder and manslaughter charges; and tons of other useful information; all the things that explain why and how cops do what they do. A retired police detective, Lofland gives the lowdown on how everyday folks, as well as writers and journalists, misunderstand or incorrectly portray how the police work. Find out what mistakes you're likely to make in your work. This book is the next best thing to having a police detective personally assigned to the reader.
Coming in 2009
Everything Kids: I Want To Be A Police Officer
by Lee Lofland and Becky Levine
New!
Read Lee's article, CSI, I Don't Think So in the September, 2007 edition of The Writer magazine. The issue is scheduled to hit the stands on August 7, 2007.
Lee's novel March of the Spiders, is a must-read for mystery and thriller fans.
"The Trapper," the murderer in Lee Lofland's first novel, meets all the requirements for a fictional serial killer-he's violent, disturbed, and creepy enough to make your skin crawl. Thorne makes a real and intriguing protagonist, struggling to regain balance in his own life, the balance that he needs to ensure this killer does not escape him again. Lofland, a retired police detective, obviously knows his stuff; he pulls the reader into a realistically frightening world."
- Becky Levine
Editor and Author
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Lee also has a regular column in the Mystery Writers of America newsletter. Click here to read it .
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