
62 Private Security and the Investigative Process, Third Edition
Experience teaches investigators that certain cases are naturally suspect. However, each case should
be judged individually; the investigator must “listen and observe how the client tells the story.
Proving the case may require that this person be a witness.”
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Determining whether or not the case
is worth the trouble largely depends on the client’s sincerity and authenticity. “Clients may be abra-
sive, dull, neurotic, alcoholic, nervous, argumentative, or entirely inarticulate, yet still be able to
FIGURE 3.10 Matrimonial interview information record. With permission. ...