Week 12 Individual Work Tawatha Phillips Everest University CJE 1600 Criminal Investigations Professor Stevie Hayes January 12‚ 2013 Why is non-verbal communication important when testifying before a jury‚ and what suggestions do you have for helping a testifying officer make a positive impression on a jury? Jurors are selected by the judge‚ prosecution and the defending attorney. The judge will provide the list of potential jurors to both the prosecution and the defending attorney for
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Ben Groesbeck Stearns Intro to Criminal Justice October 2‚ 2011 Arson and Fire Investigation What is arson and fire investigation? Arson and fire investigations are conducted to find out whom or what was responsible for creating a fire. It is critical that we know why a fire was created so you can prevent it from ever happening again and also to determine what accelerants were used if any. In this paper I will go into depth on what it takes to become an arson or fire investigator. How do
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Serial Arsonist Conducting an arson investigation is a straightforward affair. The first thing to do is determine if the crime committed was actually arson‚ as arson has a strict definition. This can be especially difficult if the arsonist is skilled at his craft‚ and assume it’s a he because 94% of arsonists are young males (Baker‚ 2005). After investigating the scene and determining it was an arson‚ the next step is to determine what kind of arson it was‚ mass arson‚ serial arson‚ or spree arson
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In criminal investigation there are many methods of inquiry. Most of these methods can be placed in one of two categories: methods that help to reconstruct the past or methods that help to discover or create a new idea or theory. Some examples of these methods are induction‚ deduction‚ classification‚ synthesis and analysis. Induction is a process that starts out with a specific observation and works backward toward a general conclusion. Induction has been compared to the formation
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The principle’s to a criminal investigation The principle’s to a criminal investigation prof. gloria reeves | Unit 9 Assignment prof. gloria reeves | Unit 9 Assignment By: kendra kelley CM107-COLLEGE COMPOSTION By: kendra kelley CM107-COLLEGE COMPOSTION 2012 2012 A student of criminal investigation needs to know and understand the four main principles of any criminal investigation. The student of criminal investigation also need to know how and when to apply the principles. The principles
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INTRODUCTION Investigations are the processes that will be used to describe both criminal investigation and crime scene processing distinctions between criminal investigations and crime scene. Crime scene requires strict scientific methodologies such as collections procedures and testing protocol‚ whereas criminal investigation has less of hard science character and relies more on the experience and skills of the investigator rather than rigid scientific protocols and procedures. Evidence is a
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* Old age Suicide Murder Murder Classifications * First degree * Second degree Manslaughter * Voluntary * -------> unintentional shooting * Involuntary * -------> reckless behavior Non criminal homicides * Not in UCR ( not crimes) * Excusable * -------> mistake * Justifiable * -------> self defense Suicide * Suicide by police * Autoerotic asphyxiation is not suicide * -------> accidental
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Contents 01. – The importance of site investigation Page 2 – 4 1.02 – Trial Pits Page 4 1.03 – Auger holes Page 4 – 5 1.04 – Boreholes Page 5 – 7 1.05 – Soil sampling Page 7 1.06 – In-situ testing Page 8 1.07 – Quasi-static cone penetration testing Page 8 – 9 1.08 – Dynamic probing Page 10 1.09 – The Standard Penetration Test Page 11 1.10 – Field vane test Page 12 1.11 – Classifications of Soils Page 13 1.12 – Size range of grains Page 13 – 14 2.00 –
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Lineups in criminal investigations has been the traditional form of identification for putting the focus on a specific suspect in a criminal case. Law enforcement agencies typically use three different types of lineups: field lineup‚ photographic lineup‚ and physical lineup. Field lineups take place shortly after a commission of a crime and the officers a have a suspect in custody and an eye-witness that is whiling to identify the suspect. The witness goes to the suspect’s location and asked if the
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effective uses of: C a. informants. b. grid maps. c. crime analysis. d. surveillance. 7. Field notes represent the information which forms the content of the: D a. statements. b. follow-up investigation.
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