CHAPTER2 Flashcards
This refers to a person convicted of a crime by a final judgment
CRIMINAL
It is the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated. It also refers to a searching inquiry for ascertaining facts; detailed or careful examination.
INVESTIGATION
The term investigation comes from the Latin word
ivestigare
seeks all facts associated with a crime to determine the truth: what happened and who is responsible of a criminal incident.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
What are the threefold aim of criminal investigation
~to identify the guilty party;
~to locate the guilty party; and
~to provide evidence of his guilt
What are the KINDS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
- Investigation while the suspect is under arrest and detention;
- Investigation while the suspect is “at large”
ACCORDING TO DR. HANS GROSS it is governed by
95% -Perspiration
3% - Inspiration
2% - Luck
It deals with the identity and location of the offender and then proving his guilt through a criminal proceeding. It is an art because it is not governed by rigid rules but based on intuition and to a minor extent, by chance.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AS AN ART
A systematic method of inquiry that apply scientific knowledge, principles, and methodologies in order to discover, identify, collect, and process facts and evidence to promote justice.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AS A SCIENCE
it involves systematic process of identifying, collecting, preserving, and evaluating data or raw facts to produce valuable information for the purpose of bringing a criminal offender to justice. As a process, it is based on systematic plan.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AS A PROCESS
A public safety officer who is tasked to conduct the investigation of all criminal cases as provided for and embodied under the Revised Penal Code/Criminal Laws and Special Laws which are criminal in nature. A well trained, disciplined and experienced professional in the field of criminal investigation duties and responsibilities.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR
It refers to the steadfastness, persistence and resolution to bring the desired conclusion in spite of obstacles connected with criminal investigation
PERSEVERANCE
this is the ability of the investigator to last physically and mentally hence; he must have the extraordinary physical and mental energy, enduring sleepless nights and tiresome days.
ENDURANCE
this refers to the degree of honesty and integrity of the investigator on several temptations over money that is offered to affect the investigation, women and drinks where these are present in every corner playing tricks of temptations.
INCORRUPTIBLE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY
this is very important in order that the investigator could easily decipher falsehood from truth and separate the grain from the chaff.
INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM OF SOLOMON
it refers to the ability of the investigator in stooping down to the level of a minor, the prostitute or the slum dwellers, professionals or other members of the elite during the investigation process.
ACTING ACTIVITY