Criminal Investigation Department

As stated above, Criminal Profiling can be a useful tool for law enforcement. Although it may not be perfect, it can help solve cases that law enforcement may not have been able to uncover on their own. Nearly all law enforcement agencies use some form of Criminal Profiling, some just use it more than others. Whenever an offender strikes, law enforcement agents attempt to find out what happened? Who did it? Where are they? Criminal Profiling is just designed to figure out all of these questions…

information on the how, when, and where of crimes in order to help police understand the current crime patterns within their community (Osborne and Wernicke, 2013, p. 5). Data used in such analysis comes directly for the police officers within a department and usually contains information related to MO, location, time, and target (Osborne and Wernicke, 2013, p. 5). Data source include both formal reports and general field notes. Tactical crime analysis usually occurs when the victim is unknown…

Twitter Revolution, because of the means by which the demonstrators had been brought together (Gladwell). In 2008 political activists in Kenya used social media to bring awareness to a contested political election (Carr et al. 190). In 2009 the State Department asked Twitter to hold off on doing the websites scheduled maintenance because political protesters in Iran were using the site to send pictures and demonstrate during a disputed election (Kates and Nocera). Social media is also helping…

monitored improperly. Last month, the FBI refused to rule out whether it had information about several McClatchy journalists, although it's likely that the FBI had records at some point related to one of the reporters. In 2007, the FBI opened a leak investigation to determine the sources for the reporter's stories on a public corruption…

agencies have vowed to bring an end to the common crime of art theft. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently dedicated an Art Crime Team of sixteen special agents. Each person on the team is responsible for an assigned geographic region. The team must go through the FBI’s Art Theft Program to receive specialized training in art and cultural property investigations, as…

Derived from the UK, intelligence-led policing focuses on four elements. These elements are targeting offenders, the management of crime and disorder hotspots, the investigation of linked series of crimes and incidents, and the application of preventative measures which include working with local partnerships to reduce crime and disorder. ILP is extremely useful in combating terrorism. According to Intelligence-Led Policing:…

the United States’ criminal justice system with England’s system. One significant aspect of the United States’ criminal justice system is due process. Due process is defined by www.reference.com as “the principle that an individual cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without appropriate legal procedures and safe guards (www.reference.com)”. There are many similarities and differences between these two countries, and this paper is aimed to show how both of their criminal justice…

groups. The FBI gave him special treatment to conduct crime in any manner or form he wanted in and around the Boston area, in exchange for crucial information. This is not the true definition of an FBI informant as Bulger was given cart blanche in criminal activity. At the time it seemed like a fair trade, but they had no idea that a small time mob boss could turn into one of the most prominent murderers, racketeers and conspirators on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list, and evade authorities for…

California’s realignment has affected both probation and parole directly. “Every day we get guys who show up in the lobby, stoned out of their mind. I’ll have 15 arrested, and 12 to 14 will be released immediately. We are completely impotent,” said by a parole officer (John 3). Majority of parolees are released early can bring some bad consequences. For example, Sidney DeAvila, who is a convicted sex offender, had been repeated released early in Stockton. After being let out in February 2013, he…

such officials fail to keep top secret information in proper safes or leave them unsecured in their offices, homes and on their servers, they can be said to have mishandled the information. In 2008, an investigative report prepared by the Justice Department inspector general indicted the former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez of mishandling top secret information related to the U.S. counterterrorism program. The report noted that such violations can be detrimental to national security (Ryan…