Criminal Investigations Ch. 1 Notes Goals of Criminal Investigation -Determine whether a crime has been committed. -Legally obtain info and evidence to identify the responsible person. -Arrest the suspect. -Recover stolen property. -Present the best possible case to the prosecutor. Basic Functions of Investigators -Provide emergency assistance -Secure the crime scene -Photograph, Videotape and Sketch -Take notes and Write reports -Search for, obtain…
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Imaginary Crime Scene/Mass Disaster Lawanda Holloman Kaplan University Crime Scene Investigation II CJ370 In this paper, I am going to describe each specialized personnel that will be needed at the scene of a crime or mass disaster. I will inform you of what duties each of these specialized individuals will possess. You will be able to know and understand each of these responsibilities. At midnight on January 1 a call comes in of multiple gunshots fired at 123 ABC Blvd. Officer Black responds…
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For the Silent Witnesses Left Behind September 14, 2013 CSI: A Hero That Speaks For the Silent Witnesses Left Behind A crime scene investigator is an often forgotten about hero that is the voice for the silent witnesses that are left behind. Since evidence cannot talk, a CSI speaks for the evidence collected at a crime scene. Ask yourself this…
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Research Paper: Crime Scene Investigation (first draft) If a murder, a homicide and or a suicide occur, the crime scene investigator(s) collects the clues and evidence that will be analyzed by the forensic scientist(s) which can lead them to their suspect(s). The purpose of a Crime Scene Investigation is to help victims find justice. When a crime has been reported, the responding officer and/or detective have to note the dispatch information such as address/location, time, date, type…
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Professor Sever Criminal Investigation Unit 2: Reconstructing the Past As we are covering unit two within our discussion and seminar. As the assignment was presented to us. We have to discuss the methods of inquiry and how they are used in criminal investigations, then the steps to reconstruct a case and how we illustrate the concepts through a hearsay case, then understanding the fundamentals are identified witness, offenders, connecting evidence from the scene. A method of inquiry must…
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show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigations has been on the air for 12 years, and it has brought forth the behind-the-scenes actions of criminal investigations, even if its portrayals are not always scientifically accurate. This has caused an interest in the forensic sciences that has led most people to a skewed view of how a criminal investigation actually works. The reality of a criminal investigation is that it is generally more tedious and difficult than the theory of criminal investigation would have…
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Firstly, Commission of the crime, at this early process the victim is affiliated in a mysterious occurrence. Secondly is Discovery of the crime in this stage victim is discovered, take a homicide for example a corpse. After the victim is discovered next is the Beginning of the investigation, this phase is to notify the CSI that there has been a crime scene. Fourth step is the Phases of the investigation. During the investigation there are several methods and phases that the investigator…
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The Lindbergh baby kidnapping is known as “the crime of the century” due to all the media attention it received. During the kidnapping the son Charles Lindbergh, a 20-month-old-baby, was taken from his crib about 9 p.m. on March 1, 1932. The case is well known due to the media attention that it received. Bruno Hauptmann was the suspect that paid the price for the crime and died from the electric chair. In the 1933 controversial court case of the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping, the guilty verdict correctly…
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Before, middle, and after a crime scene investigation steps need to be followed if one of those many steps are either skipped, unfollowed, or scratched off from any protocol then that scene can end up in the wrong hands, also can be thrown out by a judge for false evidence or even mess up by missing a simple step. Things like setting guidelines to follow while doing an investigation is very important do to the fact many people tend to forget what to do or how to act upon when a situation appears…
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to an investigation? There are multiple different disciplines of forensic evidence and each different of discipline of forensic evidence can assist investigators to analysis specific evidence to identify its significance in the investigation. When a crime occurs an investigator arrive at the scene of the crime there first set it collect and document all the evidence found at the scene of the crime that looks like it make be out of place or help draw connections to the culprits of the crime. If…
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