One of the first contracts included investigation of counterfeiting and protecting the Post Office from robbery. (The Library of Congress, 2012) Allan Pinkerton formed the Pinkerton Protective Patrol in 1858. The small group consisted of uniformed night watchmen who offered night protection through contracts with businesses. During this time Pinkerton patrols were used by the mayor of Chicago to supplement existing police efforts. (Clifford, 2004) As the United States expanded its business, so did the private security industry.
This shop was used as a station for escaped slaves that were traveling to the Underground Railroad. Around this time Allen had discovered a gang that were making counterfeit coins and assisted with their arrest. Allen was offered a position working as a duty for Cook Sheriff’s Department. His work experience included working with the federal government investigating large amounts of fraudulent a criminal activities such as, counterfeit, postal services from robberies and assignments that were especially assigned to him. In 1861, Pinkerton discovered an assassination plot that was to transpire against Abraham Lincoln while, he was working a railroad investigation.
Due to his studies of anthropometric research, fingerprints are still in use to date. Due to his research todays law enforcement can keep records of every person in the world thru fingerprinting. 2. Who is known as "the father of forensic toxicology" and why? Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila is known as the father of Forensic Toxicology. He started writing “A treatise of General Toxicology” in which he completed in 1815 in which he started writing in 1814.
His first long-term undercover assignment that led to his work with the mafia was in Tampa, Florida. Pistone penetrated a ring of thieves that stole cars. In February 1976, due to Pistone's work, the entire ring was put in jail, and millions in stolen property was recovered. Pistone (1989) says, "For my work I got a letter of commendation from Clarence M. Kelley, Director of the FBI, and an award of $250.” In 1974, Pistone was transferred to New York and assigned to the truck hijacking squad of the FBI. There were approximately five to six major hijackings per day in the New York City
These skills are still in use today, although in many different ways. Modern technology has expedited the learning process with the many criminal justice schools. Observation have also come a long way because of the tools we now use. Simple Line ups have evolved with the use of databases of mug shots, fingerprints, and DNA records. These databases allow the sharing of information between agencies across the world that otherwise wouldn't be possible with typical paperwork.
Branch Scenario: Unit 2 Brytnei Morris January 21st, 2014 CJ340: Applied Criminal Justice Ethics Branch Scenario: Unit 2 For this week’s Branch Scenario provided in Unit 1, we encountered a situation which occurs pretty often within the police department. The scenario starts off with myself beginning a new position granted to me as a narcotics detective assigned to a precinct with a rampant drug problem. At the first briefing performed, the squad commander insists that the unit’s “extraordinary” tactics were helping in the declining rate of street crimes and homicides. After the briefing, I ask my partner about the previous remark made about the new tactics used aiding in the decreased rates. My partner explains that occasionally, the unit must plant evidence to arrest top-level dealers and use force to gain information from suspects.
Assignment 1-3 Shane Rittenhouse Acct.341 James Wilson 8/28/13 Briefly summarize the studies of Donald R. Cressey in the area of occupational fraud and abuse. Donald Cressey was a professor in criminology that focused his research on white collar crimes. When he was getting his Ph.D. in criminology, his dissertation had a focus on embezzlers and their crimes. After studying the cases of about 200 inmates, he formed a hypothesis that states: “Trusted person become trusted violators when they conceive of themselves as having a financial problem which is non-sharable, are aware this problem can be secretly resolved by violation of the position of financial trust, and are able to apply to their own conduct in that situation verbalization
For this report the book that I have is The Enemy Within by Robert F. Kennedy. Robert Kennedy was born in 1925 and died in 1968. Da Capo Press published this book in 1960 in New York. This book is about the Select Committee investigating crime in the labor union. The Committee bases this book on reports from investigations.
The advancements such as DNA testing and fingerprinting has helped solve many cases as well as keep the law enforcement agencies and officers aware of what is going on with a person and who they may be dealing with. It is truly amazing how far we have advanced from the beginning of technology. The FBI is currently working on a new form of AFIS called the NGI (next generation identification) not only will it be able to bring back the same information that was already provided by the AFIS but it will also have advanced look up capabilities, incorporating palm prints, as well as facial and iris identification scans. According to the FBI the mission and goals of the NGI is “to reduce terrorist and criminal activities by improving and expanding biometric identification and criminal history information services through research, evaluation and implementation of advanced technology within the AFIS environment.” (http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/fingerprints_biometrics/ngi/ngi2/) The FBI’s main goal in developing this new technology is public safety and national
Thomas Jennings 1791-1856 Thomas Jennings, born in 1791, was the first African American to be given a patent, on March 3, 1821. Thomas Jennings was awarded his patent for a dry cleaning process (U.S. patent 3306x). At the time, he was operating a dry cleaning business in New York City, and was heavily involved in abolitionist activities. The patent was for a dry-cleaning process called "dry scouring", and he used the initial money he earned from it to purchase freedom from slavery for his family. In 1831, Thomas Jennings became assistant secretary for the First Annual Convention of the People of Color in Philadelphia, PA. Thomas Jennings was a free man when he took out his patent, otherwise he might have had trouble obtaining the patent in his name.