serious. The use of taser should be permitted to extend that such use is necessary to police officers should have some understanding of the effects that using weapon is likely to have upon a suspect before using the weapon. I do agree that police officers should be authorized to use a taser on a suspect. But the question is when and under what circumstances‚ a jail guard or a correctional officer should be permitted or required to use a taser on an inmate. When tasers are being used and are
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Abstract The experiment is to identify the guilty suspect that is present at the crime scene by comparing with the DNA samples. Polymerase Chain Reaction(PCR) is used to amplify the small amount of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) for forensic or genetic studies‚ which require necessary product and placed in the thermal cycle. Gel electrophoresis is being run in order to analyze and compare the DNA samples at the crime scene with the guilty suspects. Gel electrophoresis is used to separate DNA using
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One’s research and all of the information as well as the evidence in your case is the backbone in weather a guilty person or an innocent person will be convicted or set free. Knowing the correct terminology really could determine the outcome of a suspect life. Terminology is a very important in the criminal
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be used against the suspect in a criminal prosecution. The exclusionary rule is designed to exclude evidence obtained in violation of a criminal defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights. The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement personnel. If the search of a criminal suspect is unreasonable‚ the evidence obtained in the search will be excluded from trial. 2. Voluntariness of Statements: If a statement is beaten out of a suspect‚ or if he was coerced
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measures the diameter of the medulla relative to the diameter of the hair shaft. This helps distinguish animal hair from human hair. As said before‚ there are 3 different types of cuticules (imbricate‚ coronal‚ and stacks)‚ which can help narrow down suspects. Cortex color determines the color of the hair‚ so forensic scientists can determine the color of someones hair with one strand. The diameter of hair can also be determined microscopically and can help the scientist know how thick the suspect’s hair
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difficult to get a confession even from a guilty suspect which makes the goals of an interrogation more difficult. It is in this line that makes the interrogation process deemed coercive. According to the United States constitution‚ police interrogators have been disallowed to use physical force although police pressure such
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system that aims to gather and investigate evidence lawfully‚ justly and in accordance with the rights of victims‚ suspects and society. The responsibility for enforcing criminal laws and ensuring they are adhered to lies with the police. In the criminal investigation process‚ the role of police is to investigate crimes through gathering evidence‚ interrogating and detaining suspects‚ searching and seizing properties‚ and making arrests. The police are then required to present the evidence against
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are: (1) Direct Positive Confrontation -- Presentation of fact synopsis to suspect; reference to evidence‚ real or fictional; suspect is told that he is involved in the crime; behavioral observation of suspect; restatement of confrontation‚ stronger or weaker. (2) Theme Development -- Transition phases from confrontation; propose reasons that will justify or excuse the commission of the crime; behavioral assessment of suspect to choose proper theme; longest portion of 9 steps. (3) Stopping Denials
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professionals on suspects from whom information and details pertaining the crimes they are accused of is sought. Interrogations are interviews with a basic goal of establishing a purposeful exchange to obtain information from a target‚ often perceived aggressive and antagonistic by many (Heuback‚ 2009). Interrogation has proven to be an effective means of seeking information since it involves giving a suspect an opportunity to express him or herself to prove their innocence. The suspects‚ however‚ should
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why did he/she confess to a crime he/she did not commit? To answer this question‚ one has to go inside the interrogation rooms of Canada. First of all‚ the interrogators tell the suspects that the police have evidence against them. Second‚ the interrogators ask suggestive and leading questions that influence the suspects to believe that they are guilty. Finally‚ the confessions of the accused are obtained through coercion. Thus‚ there are three main reasons why innocent people confess to a crime:
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