Tiffany Allen CJ 210: Criminal Investigation Professor Cindy Johnson March 3, 2013 In Today’s society there are many specific ethical considerations that need to be addressed when investigating a specific crime. In this report I will talk about Rape and Homicide. Rape is when the victim is forced to have sexual intercourse. A Homicide is a person who kills another human being. Other questions that I will also talk about are how to reduce ethical problems in an investigation, what prosecution problems could arise and what ethical issues are related to the prosecution.
Assignment #7 Who Hit Reveille? Vinay Jithendran 11/11/2013 BIO 111-502 Lab Lab Instructor: Matthew Markert Abstract: The examination of evidence, taken from Reveille’s hit and run accident, aided in the investigation of the perpetrator who did so. DNA, fingerprint, blood, and hair evidence was taken from the scene of the crime and compared to the testimonies of the suspects, Bikerman and Maroon Flash. The DNA evidence of the two suspects were observed, through gel electrophoresis, which produces a DNA fingerprint of the culprit. Fingerprint evidence was observed, through specific patterns in the fingerprints.
These offices help coordinate international enforcement activities and help the flow of law enforcement information between the FBI and the host countries. The FBI formed the National Computer Crime Squad (NCCS), which is used to investigate violations of the federal Counterfeit Access Devise and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984, the Computer Fraud Act of 1986, as well as other cyber crime laws. They also operate the system known as CODIS. CODIS, which stands for Combined DNA Index System, is a database that contains DNA “profiles.” These profiles are of offenders convicted of crimes like rape, murder, and certain crimes against children. Information is gathered from evidence found at crime scenes.
The police will then evaluate the victim such as background checks, previous crimes, maybe interviews with close relatives or friends. Next, they review the preliminary police reports. The explained steps explain the basics of a criminal profiling act. There are additional steps that include evaluating medical examiners autopsy findings when a homicide is involved and developing a profile with important offender characteristics. Criminal profiling becomes most useful in homicides, rape crimes, arsonists, and sexual murders.
Format your paper according to APA standards. MGT 498 Week 2 DQs 1 ,2 ,3 Included MGT 498 Week 3 Individual Assignment Environmental Scan Paper Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you complete the following: Research and describe the internal and external environments of 2 to 3 real-world companies using an environmental scan. Fill out the SWOT Analysis form provided by the instructor and attach it to your paper. Determine what competitive advantages each company has and what strategies each company is using. How does each company create value and sustain competitive advantage through business strategy?
Intro to Criminology 5/21/13 Innocence Project What is the Innocence Project? The Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. The Innocence Project was founded at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University in 1992, and became an independent nonprofit organization (still closely affiliated with Cardozo) in 2004. Since the organization’s founding, 292 people have been exonerated through DNA testing in the United States, including 17 who were at one time sentenced to death. In most of these DNA exonerations, the Innocence Project either was the attorney
The precise location of the crime and the map of the relationship between the places in which a series of offences took place, may relate to where the offender is living and to his past experience. Forensics are important when making a profile. For example if a rapist has been questioned previously by the police, their crimes may leave indications of this, this can be shown by some rapists who make their victims bathe to get rid of forensic evidence, so a check of police records is always worthwhile. According to Boon and Davies (1992) Canter and his colleagues identified five aspects of criminal behaviour which is very significant and revealing; the location, criminal biography, personal characteristics, domestic and social characteristics and occupational history. Another important aspect is geography, where criminals may feel comfortable committing the crime.
FEBRUARY 3, 2013 INVESTIGATIVES METHODOLOGY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE A crime laboratory - often shortened to crime lab - is a scientific laboratory, using primarily forensic science for the purpose of examining evidence from criminal cases. These labs generally use forensic science to examine evidences. After examination, they provide reports and opinion testimony. The testimony and reports are presented before a court of law. In the U.S., crime laboratories are operated both at public and private levels.
Police are tasked with seeking out and locating individuals within a community who have committed a crime. They then cite or arrest that person based on probable cause that a violation of the law has been committed. Depending on the crime the police officer well have to write a report listing the facts on how the violator met all the elements of the crime. The report is then submitted to the district attorney’s office for review and prosecution. The officer may be called into court later to testify to the facts of the case.
Role of Victimology Victimology in its most simple form is the study of the victim or victims of a particular offender. It is defined as "the thorough study and analysis of victim characteristics" (Turvey, 1999) and may also be called "victim profiling" (Holmes, 1996). In essence criminal profilers are studying the harm the victim endured during the crime, plus its physical and emotional aspects. Victimologists are people who are in essence investigators, researchers, and observers of the victimized persons and their connection to the crime (Karmen, 2007). Holmes & Holmes (2009, p290) stated “To appraise a crime without some knowledge of the victim is certainly remiss.” The victim constitutes half of the crime therefore victimology should be heavily looked at in order to connect them to the offender (Douglas, Burgess, Burgess, & Ressler, 1992).Victimology is important to an investigation process in that, it is not just learning about the victim’s personal history and personality, but it also why the victim was chosen (Petherick, 2010).