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Investigations: Domestic (Matrimonial/Divorce)

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Domestic investigation: the process by which a private investigator collects information to support a client’s position in a family or relationship matter, typically concerning at-fault divorce, disputes over marital assets, or child custody arrangements.

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The stereotype of the private investigator as a disreputable sleuth for hire who catches cheating spouses is still widely held, although it obscures the complicated reality of domestic investigations. While a proportion of private investigators still specialize in these investigations, they now constitute a relatively small proportion of the work undertaken in the private investigation industry (Faber 2013). Furthermore, domestic investigations frequently concern a range of issues outside of infidelity and are overwhelmingly undertaken in a professional and lawful manner to inform legal proceedings around divorce-related disputes (Prenzler 2006). Critically, delving into the private lives of clients and their...

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  1. Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    Christopher Dowling

  2. Serious and Organised Crime Research Lab, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    Anthony Morgan

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  1. Dept of Security, Fire & Emergency Mgmt, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA

    Lauren R. Shapiro

  2. Dept. of Security, Fire & Emergency Mgmt, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA

    Marie-Helen Maras

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Dowling, C., Morgan, A. (2019). Investigations: Domestic (Matrimonial/Divorce). In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_170-1

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