Criminal Investigation Exam 1 Flashcards
Forensic science
draws from diverse disciplines such as geology, physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics to study physical evidence related to crime.
Henry Fielding
- chief magistrate of Bow Street
- improved administration of justice
- established the Bow Street Runners
- father of the English novel
Bow Street Runners
Group of volunteer, nonuniformed home owners to take thieves.
Who was the first modern detective force?
The Bow Street Runners
John Fielding
- Henry Fielding’s blind half brother
- carried Henry’s ideas for 25 yrs after death
Sir Robert Peel
- helped to create first metropolitan police force in London
- Police named Bobbies after him
- served as England’s prime minister twice
Metropolitan Police Act
1829 passage of law by Parliament to create the first metropolitan police force in London (headquarters Scotland Yard
Bobbies
Police constables nickname based on Robert Peel
Scotland Yard
Name of police headquarters because Scottish royalty had lived there
London Metropolitan Police
- had many dismissals to show seriousness
- won a reputation for fairness
- Became international model of professional policing
Police Spies
plain clothed detectives that people had a fear of them reducing civil liberties
Sergeant Popay
dismissed in 1833 from Metropolitan Police because he had infiltrated a radical group, become a leader, and argued for use of violence
When was a regular detective branch open at Scotland Yard?
1842
Stephen Girard
- gave Philadelphia money to develop a competent police force
Where was America’s first paid, daylight police force established?
Philadelphia
Where was America’s first unified police force established?
New York 1844
Allan Pinkerton
- formed the major private detective agency of the 19th century
- worked as Chicago detective
- Called Pinkerton
Where was the first recorded private detective agency
St. Louis police officers in 1946
2 Pinkerton focuses
1) controlling a discontented working class, which was pushing for better wages and working conditions
2) Pursuing bank and railroad robbers
(prevented assassination of Lincoln)
Rouges gallery
Photographs of known offenders arranged by criminal specialty and height by New York police officers
Mulberry Street Morning Parade
- Instituted by Thomas Byrnes
- When all criminals arrested in past 24 hrs are paraded at 9 am in front of detectives
National Academy
Started by FBI in 1935 as a training course or state and local police
Due Process Revolution
- Time frame from 1961 -1966 where the Supreme Court became unusually active in hearing cases involving rights
- Focused on two types of rights
- Search and seizure
- Legal representation
Who wrote the first major book describing the application of scientific disciplines to criminal investigations?
Hans Gross
Who established the first forensic laboratory and where?
- Edmond Locard
- Lyon
Locard’s exchange principal
- when perpetrators come into contact with the scene, they will leave something of themselves and take away something from the scene
Biometrics
- methods of analyzing biological data
- derived from Greek and means life measurement.
- 3 approaches
1) anthropometry
2) dactylography
3) deoxyribonucleic acid typing
Who developed Alphonse Bertillon
- Developed Anthropometry
- father of criminal identification
Anthropometry
- first method of criminal investigation thought to be reliable
- the idea that every human being differs from every other one in the exact measurements of their body and that the sum of these measurements yields a characteristic formula for each individuals
Dactylography
- study of fingerprints
- scientifically first used in 1684
- first used to identify a thief in a crime in 1880
Sir Francis Galton
- published first definitive book on dactylography
Juan Vucetich
- Published book on his methods of fingerprint classification
The West Case
most important incident to advance the use of fingerprints in the U.S.
When was the first time DNA was used in a criminal case?
- In 1987 in England
- In Enderby
- Victims were Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth
- Perp was Colin Pitchfork
When was the first time DNA was used in a criminal investigation
- 1986 Orlando Florida
When was the first genetic fingerprinting of plant evidence
- 1992 palo verde seed pod case in Pheonix Arizona
Henry Goddard
- one of the last of the Bow Street Runners
- first to successfully attempt to identify a murderer from a bullet recovered from a body
Calvin Goddard
most responsible for raising firearms identification to a science and for perfecting the bullet-comparison microscope
Albert Osborn
wrote a book still regarded as definitive
Leone Lattes
developed a procedure in 1915 that permits blood typing from a dried bloodstain
August Vollmer
helped produce the first workable polygraph
Paul Kirk
Helped establish a book known as the standard of the day
Touch DNA
- can be seen or not seen
- Can stay for 2 - 6 weeks
Phenotyping
provides a genomic-based probabilistic estimation of an image of a person
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
- made operational by FBI in 1967
- provides data on wanted persons and property stolen from all 50 states
Substantive Criminal Law
deals with elements that describe and define a crime.
Procedural Criminal Law
defines what can or cannot be done with, or to, people.
Due Process Claus
- found in 5th amendment
- protects against deprivation of life, liberty, and property
Brady violation
failing to disclose evidence that is exculpatory
3 Ingredients of Arrest
1) Intention
2) Authority
3) Custody
14th Amendment
equal protection under the law
4th Amendment
protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the GOVERNMENT
Detention
A temporary and limited interference with the freedom of a person for investigative purposes
Stop and Frisk
pat down of clothing and questioning that does not count as a detention
Charging
- Does not flow from arrest
- the decision to prosecute
4 Situations when most jurisdictions allow arrest
1) A warrant has been issued
2) Crime is committed in presence of officer
3) Officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect has committed a felony
4) Statutorily created instances
Arrest warrant
a judicial order commanding a person to bring in another person to answer to criminal charges
Affidavit
- Manditory for a warrant
- written statement by officer
Probable cause
More than a suspicion but less than actual knowledge (suspicion plus circumstance
Search and seizure
- Due Process and 14th Amendment
Legal searches and seizures when
1) a warrant has been issued
2) With consent
3) incident to an arrest
4) of a motor vehicle
5) Emergency (exigent circumstances)
6) to conduct an inventory
Search warrant
a written order, exercising power to search a place
Exigent circumstances
exception to a warrantless entry when there is a compelling reason
Crime
Omission or commission of a prohibited act
Felony
punishable by prison for a year or more and the death penalty
Misdemeanor
lesser offense punishable by fine (not more than 500) and/or imprisonment for no more than a year.
Violation
punishable by fine no more tha 250
Inductive Reasoning
moves from specific details to a general view
Deductive reasoning
creates a hypothesis about the crime. General to specific
Preliminary investigation
actions taken by the first officer to arrive on scene of a crime after detection and reporting
Follow-up Investigation
police effort expended after the initial incident report is completed until the case is ready for prosecution
Field Notes
notes about the condition and placement of people and things at the scene
What is a crucial element of preliminary investigation
crime scene control
APB
All points Bulletin
BOLO
Be On the Look Out
Chain of custody
witnessed, unbroken, written chronological history of who had the evidence when.
Incident/offense report
report filled out by officer assigned to a call on his or her part of investigation
Locard’s exchange principle
something is taken with and something is left
Crime scene
location where the offense was committed
Primary Scene
location where initial offense was committed
Secondary Scenes
locations of all subsequent connected events
Macroscopic Scene
the large view such as locations, bodies, cars, and buildings