Preface

• Author: Norman J. Groot
• Pages: 25-28

PREFACE

This

book

is a first of its

kind

in

Canada.

In all of

Canadian literature, there

are

only three

other books devoted

to the

topic

of

private investigations.

The first

book

is

entitled

If

It

Wasn't

for

Sex I'd

Have

to Get a

Real

Job —

Confessions

of a

Private

Investigator1

a war

story

paperback that

is

entertaining reading

but of

little professional value.

The

second book,

The

Canadian

Private

Investigator's

Manual,2

a

guidebook written

by two

environmental

investigators

who

discuss various investigative insights

and

techniques

for

those seeking

to

enter

the

industry.

The

third book

is

The

Fraud

Examiners

Manual, Canadian Edition?

a

com-

prehensive text

for

those seeking certification

as

certified

fraud

examiners. Actually, there

was

a

fourth

book:

the

precursor

to

this one,

a law

school thesis

I

prepared entitled

Legal

Liability

of the

Canadian Private

Investigator.4

Obviously,

I

wrote this book

to fill a

market

and

academic void. There

is a

general con-

sensus, especially

in the

corporate realm, that

the

growth

of the

private sector investigation

industry

in

Canada

is

strong.5 Some

say it is

"booming."6

There

are

four

primary reasons

for

this expansion.

1

A.

Manweiler

& J.

Burke (Toronto: McClelland

&

Stewart, 1984).

2

D.J.

Hawkins

& E.

Konstan, (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 1996).

3

J.T.

Wells

et al.

(Austin,

TX:

Association

of

Certified

Fraud Examiners, 1998).

4

(Toronto:

Andijk

Inc.,

1998).

5 B.

Daisley, "Lawyers Should Check Investigators' Backgrounds"

Lawyers

Weekly

(27

June

1977).

The

estimated national gross annual revenues

for the

industry

in

1996

were over $750

million.

6 N.

Pron, "Boom Time

for

Fraud Artists Sends Victims

to

Private

Firms"

Toronto

Star

(7

January

1996) D.I;

A.

Tanner, "Spies Used

to

Ensure Employee Honesty" (Edmonton,

Canadian Press,

11

June 1995);

M.

MacLean, "Private Eyes

Set Up

Canadian Network"

Calgary

Herald

(17

December

1994) A19;

P.

Fraser, "Target: White Collar Crime: Corporate

Private Investigators Already Have Cases Lined

Up as

They Launch Regional

Office"

Halifax

Daily Times

(22 May

1997)

28; C.

Kentridge, "Corporate Fraud Investigative Work Growing"

Law

Times

(1

June 1998);

D.

Hunt, "Private

Fraud

Investigation Aids Overburdened Public

System"

Lawyers

Weekly

(29

October

1999)

17.

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