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1.    Ethical Considerations for the Professional Investigator
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
Texas Association of Licensed Investigators (adapted for) and Journal of the Association of British Investigators

2.   A Comprehensive Investigative Protocol
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
National Association of Legal Investigators

3.  Concepts of Comprehensive Background Investigations
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
Adapted from - Professional Investigations:  Individual Locates, Backgrounds and Assets & Liabilities
NCISS eReport, World Association of Detectives, Florida Association of Licensed Investigators

4.   Understanding and Working Cases of Traumatic Brain Injuries
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
AFI-LLC Agency Newsletter

5.  Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
AFI-LLC Agency Newsletter

6.  Investigative Protocol for Civil Legal Investigations of Motor Vehicle Collisions
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
Trial Talk – Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Texas Association of Licensed Investigators

7.  Understanding Suicide and its Prevention - Equivocal Death Investigations
Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
Pursuit Magazine

8.  Psychological Autopsy
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
National Council of Investigation and Security Specialists - The Report

9.  Reviewing and Comprehending Autopsy Reports
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
National Association of Legal Investigators, Pursuit Magazine, National Defender Investigators Association, Forensic Magazine
(this was awarded 2nd Place for the 2011 NALI Editor / Publisher Award!)

10.  Just Because its Forensics
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
National Association of Legal Investigators - The Legal Investigator
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11.  DNA Primer and Considerations for The Professional Investigator
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
Florida Association of Licensed Investigators

12.  Methods and Procedures for Requesting Change of Address and Boxholder Information from the United States Postal Service
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
California Association of Licensed Investigators

13.  Telephonics and Traplines
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
Pursuit Magazine

14.  The Question of Suicide - Equivocal Death Investigations
Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI and Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
PI Now (http://www.pinow.com/articles/1707/the-question-of-suicide-equivocal-death-investigations)

15.  Creating a Team Creates Opportunities for Legal Investigators
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
National Association of Legal Investigators - The Legal Investigator

16.  Bringing the Evidence in Focus with Forensics
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
Texas Association of Legal Investigator - The Texas Investigator

17.  Determining Fees and Expenses
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI and Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
Minnesota Association of Private Investigators

18.  Psychological Autopsies in Equivocal Death Investigations and Suicides
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI and Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
PI Now

19. Bruises and Soft Tissue Injuries
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
National Association of Legal Investigators - The Legal Investigator

(UPDATE - 06/27/2014 NALI conference - this article was nominated and bestowed the prestigious Anthony Golec Editor / Publisher Award!  Here is the link to the article and award; and published in PI Magazine November 2022)

20. From Forensics to Facts in Evidence
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
Texas Association of Licensed Investigators - The Texas Investigator

21. PI Pearls, Perils and Pitfalls

Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI and Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
PursuitMag.com (pending publication)

22. Investigate Innocence Cases with Caution
Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
PI Now (May 2014)


23. A Look into 'Practical Methods for Legal Investigations'
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
PI Magazine (August 2014)


24. Elevating Investigations Using Daubert and Frye Standards

Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
National Association of Legal Investigators - The Legal Investigator (September 2014)


25. The Question and Investigation of Fatal and Non-Fatal Injury Causation

Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
Texas Association of Licensed Investigators - The Texas Investigator (November 2014)
National Association of Legal Investigators - The Legal Investigator (November 2014)
Investigating Injuries and Fatalities


26. Requesting Military Records

Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI and Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
PI Now - Guide for Requesting Military Records (March 2015)

27. Advantages of Social Media Sites
Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI

28. Gunshot Residue and Testing
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI and Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
PI Now (April 2015)

29. Life Insurance Fraud and Illegal Beneficiaries

Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI and Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
‘Life Insurance Fraud and Illegal beneficiaries’; co-author, published by PI Magazine 07/2013

30. Balancing the Financial and Resource Scales of Justice
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI

31. Danger of PI Apps
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI

32. Investigating Without Playing Into Drama
Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
PI Now (July 2015)

33. Direct and Circumstantial Evidence in Forensics
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI

Texas Association of Licensed Investigators - The Texas Investigator (August 2015)

34.  Expert Consultations May Save the Day
Dean A. Beers, CLI, CCDI
The Legal Investigator - National Association of Legal Investigators (November 2015)

(UPDATE - 0429/2016 NALI conference - this article was nominated and bestowed the prestigious Editor / Publisher Honorable Mention Award! Here is a link to the articles and details -

35.  Basics of an Autopsy Report
Karen S. Beers, BSW, CCDI
PI Magazine (Nov-Dec 2011)



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