The investigation of a crime scene begins when the CSI unit receives a call from the police officers or detectives on the scene. The overall system works something like this: The CSI arrives on the scene and makes sure it is secure. She does an initial walk-through to get an overall feel...
Crime scene investigators do not clean up the scene -- neither do police officers, detectives or anyone else involved in the investigation. The task of cleaning up a gruesome crime scene often falls to the victim's family members. In the last 10 years, however, some people have recognized t...
Both in practice and in popular belief, police forces are the visible presence for maintaining security and safety to citizens in municipalities, towns and cities, and from cities to local neighborhoods. This paper aims to investigate how efficiently the police in Guatemala are in combating crime ...
Being a parent and a police officer is a dangerous mix, or so crime dramas continuously tell us. In particular danger, it seems, are the children of these fictional police officers, who are either neglected by their parents or are in harm's way because they risk becoming victims of the c...
Being a parent and a police officer is a dangerous mix, or so crime dramas continuously tell us. In particular danger, it seems, are the children of these fictional police officers, who are either neglected by their parents or are in harm's way because t
Austin police SWAT officer Robert Justesen said they knew “we had to stop him that night”: “He didn't care who he hurt or killed at this point.”
As it is often reminded, a long standing goal in the history of international justice is to allow the prosecution of the crime of aggression and thus to close a seventy year gap since theIMTandIMTFEdecisions.1 However, the Court’s ability to investigate and prosecute the crime of aggression...
“This jumped out at me, too. Offenders are looking for someone who is vulnerable, someone who is less likely to report the crime… less likely to be believed if they do report.” Sex workers are at an increased risk for sexual assault, according to police, victim advocates and law enfor...
“At no time were weapons of any type used by anyone involved in this incident. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has been called in to investigate this incident at the request of the Minneapolis Police Department. “No officers were injured in the incident. Body worn cameras were ...
In France, several recent events have put the issue of the relationship between the police and citizens back at the heart of public debate: the repression of the “Gilets jaunes” (yellow vest) movement has called into question the confidence of demonstrators in the police force, and the “Bl...