Criminal Investigations: Domestic Violence Case

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Domestic violence case Victoria Denise Christopher Criminal Investigations - 7 Instructor: David Di Bari Saturday, March 02, 2013 What should the investigating officers do next list the investigative duties of the police officers from this point until the end of the investigation? 1. Provide medical attention to whoever needs it on the scene (Hess Orithmann, C., and Hess, K.M., 2013, p.305). 2. Separate the two individuals in the domestic scene (Hess Orithmann, C., and Hess, K.M., 2013, p.305). 3. Protect the crime scene making sure that there are no others person in the home any weapons just make the scene safe (Hess Orithmann, C. and Hess, K.M., 2013, p.305). 4. Give Miranda rights if applicable (Hess Orithmann, C. and…show more content…
Photograph all the evidence at the scene in the home and any injuries need to be documented evidence (Hess Orithmann, C., and Hess, K.M., 2013, p.305). 7. Collect and preserve evidence on the scene. Reconstruct the crime (Hess Orithmann, C., and Hess, K.M., 2013, p.305) Should the husband be arrested for this situation? Since the husband is there at the scene and has not defended his self from when she said he is the abuser. The wife can make a citizen arrested on her husband or the officer can make the arrest. The husband should be arrested immediate because the proof is there and his silence answer the abuse questions itself (Hess Orithmann, C. and Hess, K.M., 2013, p 310). What are the legal requirements that the police officers have to consider and follow? The legal requirements that they have to follow are based on the evidence that is present looking into the physical signs of the aggressors. Normally when the arrival of an officer they will look into the argument s meaning the pointing finger as to who did what. An officers has to follow the procedures in their stat normally there is a mandatory arrest when dealing a domestic situation (Hess Orithmann, C. and Hess, K.M., 2013, p.311). What physical or photographic evidence should be obtained in this…show more content…
Normally when it is the first rounds of domestic violence many times the victim will take back the abuser it can take a couple of call or near death experiences before they want to take a stand and press charges. Now the general law is that when an officer is call to the residence that one person has to go it can be to leave for the night or a night in jail. This is a very serious offense and needs to be treated that way in order to protect someone’s life in the

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