Modus Operandi : A Writer's Guide to How

Detectives Corvasce and Paglino provide writers with the facts they need to give thier mystery and detective novels necessary grit and authenticity. Writers will learn how criminals carry out murder, arson, smuggling, armed robbery, safecracking, and more.

Mauro V. Corvasce and Joseph R. Paglino are detectives with the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey. Both have many years of investigative experience

Introduction

1

(4)

Arsonists

5

(13)

Examining the most underreported of all crimes

Cause

Origin

Automobile and Other Vehicle Arson

Arson for Hire

Pyromaniacs

Firestarters

Typical Arson Scenarios

Some Final Thoughts on Arson

Art, Antique and Jewel Thieves

18

(12)

The ugly business of stealing beautiful things

Types of Art Theft

The Role of the Fence in Art Theft

Capturing Art and Jewelry Thieves

Criminal Penalties for Art Theft

Conclusion

Carjacking, Hijacking, Skyjacking and Auto Theft

30

(27)

The methods and reasons behind modern-day piracy

Who's the Victim?

Basic Auto Theft

Carjacking

Chop Shops

Vehicles Stolen for Export

Gray Market Vehicles

Heavy Industrial and Construction Equipment

Hijacking

Skyjacking

Vessels and Aircraft

Con Artists

57

(19)

The art of swindling

Salesmen of Fraud

Swindles Against the Elderly

A Glossary for Con Artists

Counterfeiters and Forgers

76

(14)

Stealing a free ride on someone else's hard work or ideas

Currencies

Credit Card Fraud/Counterfeiting

Other Documentation

Marketable Goods

Forgery

Fencing

90

(8)

Converting stolen goods into cash

Fences and the Law

Types of Fences

How to Become a Professional Fence

Depicting a Professional Fence

Homicide

98

(20)

Determining the manner and cause of death

Medical Examiners

Killing and the M.O.

Passion Killings

Premediated Domestic Killings

Adjunct Homicide

Serial Killers

Contract Killers

Ritualistic Cults

Stabbing

Death by Gunshot

Things to Remember

Suicide or Homicide

Kidnapping

118

(12)

One of the most terrifying and cruel crimes committed against another human being

Gang Kidnappings

Ransom Seekers

Cults

Fanatics and Terrorists

Parental Abduction

Stranger Abduction

Apprehending Kidnappers

Prostitution

130

(13)

As long as there are people willing to pay for sex, there will be people willing to sell it

A Brief History of Prostitution

Causes of Prostitution

Prostitute Categories

Prostitution and the Mob

Armed Robbery

143

(12)

Using force to get anything you want

The Professional Armed Robber

Bank Robberies

Armored Car Robberies

The Amateur

Female Armed Robbers

Safecracking and Lockpicking

155

(15)

Overcoming security obstacles and precautions

Surveillance

Getting Inside the Property

Getting Inside the Building

Inside the Building

Safecracking

Lockpicking

Smuggling

170

(11)

Trafficking vice worldwide

Cocaine

Heroin

Methamphetamine

Designer Drugs

The Old Standbys

Asian Gangs

Jamaican Criminal Groups

The Mob

Black Gangs

Turkish Smugglers

Countries in Conflict

Smuggling People Into the U.S.

Shoplifters

181

(12)

An increasingly popular crime among ``normal'' people

Reasons Why Amateurs Lift

The Professional Shoplifter

Catching the Shoplifter

Whitecollar Crime and Money Laundering

193

(20)

Committing crimes with and against businesses

Telephones and Computers

Money Laundering

Loan Sharking

Index

213

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