The crimes of theft, robbery, and burglary are commonly lumped together because most people believe they involve the unlawful taking of someone else's property. While this is true in the case of theft and robbery, burglary is slightly different. Let's take a look at each of these crimes...
The process begins by interviewing all those present and around the scene. The area is then examined to determine how far evidence can be spread. Photographs are taken of the scene and a sketch is made if anyone saw the culprit. All the information is them processed and investigated. What a...
Getting investigated by the police is one of the many things in life we never want to come across. It comes with stress, work-life disruptions, and, of course, unwanted attention and doubt from neighbors and family. If you think you are under a law enforcement agency’s surveillance, ...
Crime scene investigators work on the front lines of forensic science to gather and collect evidence from crimes. While a lot of people tend to focus their studies on criminal justice, criminology or a generalized forensic science degree, the truth is that the emphasis in forensic science should ...
Such extreme coverage, argues Helen Benedict, perpetuates myths that are harmful to victims of these crimes (and sometimes to the accused). In Virgin or Vamp Benedict examines the press's treatment of four notorious sex crimes from the past decade--the Rideout marital rape trial in Oregon, ...
Most crimes, such as homicides, investigated on a show like "CSI" are known as "crimes against the person." Forensic accounting combines accounting analysis with investigative skills to solve financial crimes. Contents What's Forensic About Accounting? Forensic Accounting Basics Forensic Accounting ...
The examiner asks 10 or 11 questions, only three of four of which are relevant to the issue or crime being investigated. The other questions are control questions. A control question is a very general question, such as "Have you ever stolen anything in your life?" -- a type of question...
Female victims of violent (sexual and non-sexual) crimes constitute the major part of the victims for whom protection is the most important reporting reason. Victim perceptions of police contribution to safety as well as police information were investigated. The analyses show that overall,...
There are a number of reasons why these crimes go unreported, one being that the investigative process is not designed around the victim and their needs. Instead, it is largely centered around organisational and institutional procedures, many of which can be considered inefficient and unnecessarily ...
contacts in France. A first limitation is that we focused on the production of mistrust, whereas direct contacts between the police and citizens can also produce a relationship of trust. Furthermore, the types of police service that we studied excluded complaints for violent crimes and sexual ...