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Chapter III Flashcards

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Is the knowledge or facts which the investigator had gathered or acquired from persons or documents, which are pertinent or relevant concerning the commission of the crime or criminal activities.

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Information

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Tools of Criminal Investigation?

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  1. Information
  2. Interview/Interrogation
  3. Instrumentation
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Any written or documented statements of persons who possess relevant knowledge concerning a crime. It may include any form of documented data such as directory, file, audio/video tapes and written testimonies.

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Traces of Information

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Common traces of info?

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  1. Criminal Complaint
  2. Information
  3. Depositions
  4. News Articles
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To whom, where or which information are derived or developed.

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Sources of Information

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General Categories of Sources of Information?

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  1. Places
  2. Things
  3. People
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CLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION AS TO SOURCES?

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  1. Regular Sources
  2. Cultivated Sources
  3. Grapevines Sources
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The visible way of obtaining information like conducting interview, patrol, crime scene search, regular performance of police activities and custodial interrogation.

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Overt

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The secret way of obtaining information

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Covert

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Methods of obtaining information?

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  1. Overt
  2. Covert
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TYPES OF INFORMATION?

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  1. Sensory Form
  2. Written Form
  3. Physical Form
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the outward manifestations of a criminal event that can be perceived by our five senses – eyes, ears, nose, tongue and hands.

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Sensory Form

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A criminal act may also provide information in a written form like receipts from the motel, food and drinks in the pocket of the suspect.

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Written Form

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The information may actually be in a real form – meaning the failure to retrieve it or receive it at the right time will be useless.

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Physical Form

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are documents that can be obtained and studied to obtain facts on incidents and people. They are vital information since they provide leads in facilitating the investigation process.

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Records

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Records are of two general types:

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Public and Private

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Public

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• LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES
• GOVERNMENT SOURCES
• PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Private

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• PERSONAL DIARIES
• PERSONNAL LETTER

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Fast breaking cases, such as kidnapping, can be aided by the investigator’s ability to distribute photographs and important details efficiently and quickly.

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The Internet as Sources of Information

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Those who come to the attention of the investigator because of their involvement or familiarity with a crime or incident.

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Regular

21
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Those who have special information on a particular crime or criminal or non-criminal activity.

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Cultivated

22
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• is a general term that refers to any person who gives information to the police authorities relative to a crime.

• Strictly speaking, an informant is any person who furnishes the police information relevant to a criminal case about the activities of criminals or syndicates without any monetary consideration. The informant may openly give information or may serve as a witness voluntarily.

• Voluntarily or willingly provides information to the criminal investigators and offers to be a witness.

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Informant

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Types of informant?

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  1. Anonymous Informant
  2. Rival Elimination Informant
  3. False Informant
  4. Frightened Informant
  5. Self Aggrandizing Informant
  6. Confidential Informant
  7. Mercenary Informant
  8. Double Crosser Informant
  9. Woman Informant
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he may be an anonymous phone caller, letter writer or a text sender.

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Anonymous Informant

25
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this kind mostly maintains being anonymous. His purpose is to eliminate the rival persons or gang due to competition or other motives such as revenge, etc.

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Rival Elimination Informant

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usually reveals information of no consequence, value or stuff connected with thin air. His purpose is to appear to be on the side of the law and for throwing out the suspicion from himself or from his gang or associates.

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False Informant

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he is prodded by fear or self interest in giving information to the police. He maybe one of the lesser gang member who runs to the police when his gang mates are about to be involved in dangerous situations or when the gang he belongs is hot on the police trail.

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Frightened Informant

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this kind of informant moves around the centers of criminals, group or syndicate and delights in surprising the police about bits of information.

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Self Aggrandizing Informant

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is a person who provides the police with confidential information concerning a previous crime or a projected and planned crime. under the law, these informants are protected and their identity could not be revealed by the police even under the order of the court unless on exceptional case where there is a claim of the defense that the informant framed up the accused.

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Confidential Informant

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the informant has information for sale.

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Mercenary Informant

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he uses his seeming desire to divulge information as an excuse to talk to the police in order to get more information from them more than he gives.

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Double Crosser Informant

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she maybe the female associate of the criminals, who was roughed up, marginalized in the deal or being eased out from the group. Care must be given to this kind of informant because women, given the skills and expertise, are more dangerous than men. They often give free romance that will result in blackmailing the investigator or will result to an extended family for support. Women are said to be most effective among informants because they could easily penetrate the ranks of criminals with less suspicion.

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Woman Informant

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Types of Informant?

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  1. Female Informant
  2. Legitimate Informant
  3. Incidental Informant
  4. Confidential Informant
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Informants under this category is usually a mistress or common law wife of criminal. She volunteers information because her lover jilted her. Her motive is often revenge or simply jealousy.

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Female Informants

35
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Source of info under this category includes operators of licensed premises who do not want their place of business to become the hang out of dangerous criminals.

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Legitimate Informants

36
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these are also called automatic informants. (victim)

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Incidental Informants

37
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identity is kept confidential by the respective police officers or investigators who are receiving information that they are providing.

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Confidential Informant

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• Is a person who provides information to the police on a regular basis. They are either paid regularly or in case-to-case basis, or none at all. They are cultivated and established by the police on a more or less permanent character and as long as they are loyal and useful to the police organizations
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• Generally paid by the investigator and should be registered with the investigator’s agency. Informers are actually informants by profession usually recruited or paid assets of investigating agencies.

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Informers

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• Is the simple questioning of a person believed to possess information, which are relevant to the investigation of a crime or criminal activities.

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Interview

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Golden Rule in an Interview

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“Never allow the interviewer to conduct nor let anyone to conduct an interview without prior visit to the crime scene.”

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GENERAL KIND OF INTERVIEW

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  1. Cognitive Interview
  2. Question and Answer
42
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Is conducted to willing and cooperative witnesses, where they are given the full opportunity to narrate their accounts without intervention, interruption and interference from the interviewer.

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Cognitive Interview

43
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this interview as prescribed by some investigators requires the interviewee to answer the question posed by the investigator. The interviewee to answer on what he knows about what is being asked.

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Question and Answer

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Types of Interview

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  1. Background Interview
  2. Subjective Interview
  3. Objective Interview
45
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This is focused only in obtaining data regarding the personal background of the subject, the simplest type of interview used in criminal cases.

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Background Interview

46
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An interview wherein the questions are phrased in a manner such that the subject’s answers are based on his personal opinions or views. Questions are designed to deal with the subjective aspect of the case.

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Subjective Interview

47
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The questions are designed to acquire the basic and specific data or facts regarding a criminal case. It is the type of interview that complies with the six cardinal points of criminal investigation ( the 5 W’s and 1 H)

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Objective Interview

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QUALITIES OF A GOOD INTERVIEWER?

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  1. Rapport
  2. Forceful Personality
  3. KNOWLEDGE ON PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
  4. CONVERSATIONAL TONE OF VOICE
  5. Acting Qualities
  6. Humility
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What are reasons WHY WITNESSES REFUSE TO TALK?

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  1. Fear of Reprisal
  2. Great Inconvenience
  3. Hatred Against the Police
  4. Because of Bias of Witness
  5. Avoidance of Publicity
  6. Family Restriction

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