Elements Of Criminal Investigation

Criminal investigation is meant to be done by a series of rules and regulations. There are different types of rules for the way police, detectives and agents go about a crime scene, collect evidence, ask witness and interrogate key suspects. There are even rules about the way they travel. Crime shows are kind of similar but there are some major differences. Most crime shows are meant for entertainment not information. Crime shows sometimes get their information right when the agents go about a crime scene. In reality, agents have to follow a rule or law called the Procedural Law, a body of rules that determine the proceedings by which legal rights are enforced. The law of criminal procedure regulates the gathering of evidence and the processing …show more content…
The preliminary is the foundation of the entire criminal investigation. The investigation includes: Responding to immediate needs and rendering aid to the injured, noting such facts as the position of victims or injured subjects, recording spontaneous statements, determining the crime has been committed, initiating enforcement action, securing the crime scene and protecting evidence, determining the need for investigative specialists, and compiling a thorough ad accurate report of activities (p. 185). There are more activities included in the preliminary investigation, but the main objective is to determine whether the suspected crime is homicide, an accidental death, suicide, and/or death by natural causes. It is important to rule those out before the investigation can …show more content…
This questioning is called interrogation, information-gathering activity of police officers that involves the direct questioning of suspects. There are different types of interrogation styles that has been used before in the past years. Physical abuse, officers beating suspects until they confessed to the crime. This method has been frowned upon, because suspects would confess only to stop the pain. Another type is inherent coercion, fall short of physical abuse, but nonetheless pressure the suspects to reveal information. Officers would not physically abuse the suspects, but placed the suspect in a hostile atmosphere. Suspects could be sitting under a blinding light for hours and just being stared at. The pressure would just make a person crumble. The last type of interrogation is psychological manipulation, actions by police interviewers that are designed to pressure suspects to admit information and that are based on subtle forms of intimidation and