| There are several types of investigation that will | | | | large monetary award. |
| become part of your routine as an investigator. | | | | 4. Corporate Investigation |
| 1. Criminal Investigations | | | | An investigator may monitor what is going on in a |
| Private investigators work either for the victim or for | | | | business, investigate fraud within or outside the |
| the defendant or his attorney in criminal proceedings. | | | | company, and provide diligence investigations or |
| Serious crimes, which may lead to arrest and | | | | pre-employment screening. |
| conviction of a subject, are the source of cases for | | | | 5. General Investigations |
| the legal/criminal investigator. | | | | This category includes a wide variety of investigative |
| 2. Civil Investigations | | | | activities. This included location of witnesses and |
| This belongs to anything involving lawsuits in which | | | | missing persons, tracing dishonest employee and |
| questions of money or property must be settled. | | | | fraud, security surveys, surveillances, bodyguard |
| Violations of the law are usually not included. Divorce, | | | | work, serving of legal procedure, etc. |
| bankruptcy, personal injury and negligence cases, and | | | | 6. Personnel and Background Checks |
| lawsuits of various types are examples of civil cases | | | | This type of investigation is ordered by businesses, |
| that may request investigation. | | | | and is undertaken in order to determine whether the |
| 3. Negligence Investigations | | | | feature, history, financial status, credentials of an |
| This type of investigation is conducted either for the | | | | individual make him a suitable candidate for a job, a |
| plaintiff's attorney to prove liability or for the | | | | position of public trust, a large loan, credit, etc. |
| defendant's company or business to prove the | | | | Insurance companies investigate applicants; banks |
| absence of liability or absence of a permanent serious | | | | check on individuals applying for loans and also check |
| injury. This can be accomplished through the use of | | | | the applicant's credit rating. |
| surveillance (often video or photo), locating and | | | | 7. Security |
| interviewing witnesses, or trying to establish that a | | | | Many private investigative companies offer a series |
| pre-existing condition caused or was aggravated by | | | | of security services, including: |
| the injury or that the defendant was at fault. A | | | | Safety protection, security incident investigation, and |
| modest investigative fee often saves a client from a | | | | celebrity protection. |