Crimes Against Property Flashcards
Referred as an investigation of case that is unique and often requires special training to fully understand their broad significance.
Special Crime Investigation
Refers to the art and science which deals with the identity and location of the offender and provide evidence of his guilt in a criminal proceeding.
Criminal Investigation
What are the 3 fold aims of criminal Investigation
- To identify the guilty party;
- To locate the guilty party; and
- To provide evidence of
his guilt.
What are the three tools of investigation
• Information
• interrogation/Interview
• instrumentation
knowledge or facts that the investigator had gathered from persons, doc., w/c pertinent or relevant concerning the commission of the crime or criminal activities.
Information
What are the three Information classification source?
- Regular source
-Cultivative source
-Grapevine source
Records, files from government or non-government agencies, news item. TV broadcast, intercepted radio, telephone
messages and stored computer data.
Records source
Information’s furnished by informants or informers
Cultivated source
Information’s coming from the underworld
characters such as prison or ex-convicts.
Grapevine Source
The process of obtaining an admission or confession from those suspect who have committed a crime.
Interrogation/Interview
What are the 2 types of interview?
• On the scene interview
• Formal interview
the interview is informal one. It may be conducted by any law enforcement officer who first arrived at the crime scene.
On the scene interview
What is the purpose of On-the-scene-interview?
-To obtain information and description of the criminal
-To effect arrest as rapidly as possible
Interview conducted by the assigned investigator-on case.
Formal interview
It is the general questioning of all persons at the crime scene conducted by the investigator.
Field Inquiry
reluctant to become a witness .
Know nothing witness
uncooperative, indifferent persons must be flattered to develop pride in his ability to supply information; his interest should be stimulated by stressing the importance of the information he possesses.
Disinterested type
flattery will encourage the drunk to answer
and develop inters. Not advisable to take written statements of drunk witness.
Drunken type
fear must be reduced and the investigator
should apply psychological pressure by telling to him that non cooperation will work against him.
Suspicious type
find ways to shift his talkativeness to those
matters useful in the investigation.
Talkative type
ideal witness with little care and guidance.
Honest witness
permit to lie until he is enmeshed with falsehoods and inconsistencies=playback is effective to counter then, state that perjury is punishable.
Deceitful witness
friendly approached with explanation the all information shall be treated with confidentiality.
Timid witness
patience and flattery are necessary for they will be a good witness, however they are prone to color their story and put emphasis on their part.
Boasting, Egoistic, or Egocentric Witness
