Suspect

Suspect demeanor is an often-studied extra-legal individual determinant on police behavior. It is believed that the likelihood of arrest increases when a suspect displays hostile demeanor or disrespect toward a police officer (Klinger, 1994). Researched in this area has focused on determining the legitimacy of this claim. Does displaying hostility toward police officers directly increase the chance of arrest? A majority of the research conducted in this area would agree that hostility does…

calm the individual down and reconsider their thoughts as to what they are doing and what may be the right way to go about things. In order for a negotiator to be effective at their job they must possess certain characteristics in order to calm to suspect down. One characteristic would be effective communicator. This is crucial because saying one thing wrong could potentially frustrate the perpetrator. The one main thing to acknowledge when speaking to the perpetrator is that, the negotiator…

interviews, the techniques of building a rapport with the witnesses have improved greatly. Having a rapport with the interviewee is extremely important to ensure you are given an accurate and truthful recounting of criminal events or description of a suspect. There are some witnesses that willingly give such information and have no issues with being a part of an investigation, whereas there are also witnesses that are very reluctant to be involved in the investigation and are suspicious of the…

appearance of the suspect (Travis & Edwards, 2015). In this phase, suspect will appear in front of the judge for two main purposes. One of the reasons is to inform them about their legal rights and the second reason is to prevent…

A search for weapons on a suspect can prevent harm to officers and suspect. Automobile or vehicular searches are important and time sensitive. As they are mobile they can leave the area before a warrant can be filed, obtained, and executed. These are performed when a vehicle is suspected to be containing contraband or a suspect could be involved in criminal activity. Plain view searches occur when an officer is on a location…

“Prisoner Dilemma” is almost like a game used by the government and police departments throughout the country to show why rational individuals might or will not cooperate, even if it would be better to do so. The situation in this case is, two suspects are arrested by the police and there is not enough evidence for a conviction, the prisoners have been separated to cut off their communication with each other. They are both going to be offered a deal, if one can testify against the other and one…

hair were examined under a microscope to determine which suspects were at the scene of the crime. At 2:00am, a woman arrived home and caught two burglars in her house. She tried to run but she was attacked. She has no memory of her attackers. The purpose of our lab work is to find out who attacked the women by examining hair found at the crime scene. The hair evidence was collected at the crime scene and sent to us to examine. Hair from suspects was also collected and sent to us to examine.…

process begins with a crime allegedly committed to determining its legal status. Law enforcement and detectives determine if the crime was illegal or legal due to the investigations. They investigate a crime by interviewing victims, witnesses, and suspects. They also gather physical evidence by taking pictures, fingerprint, and DNA samples. The investigation provides police with a great opportunity to collect any attainable evidence and reconstruct a timeline and reenactment of the crime…

24/04/2016 Istanbul Kemerburgaz University School of Economics and Administrative Sciences IR 375 Political Society in The U.S.A. Murat Can KAYA 217771 Miranda Rights: Miranda v. Arizona 1966 Today’s world, suspects and defendants has some rights in modern law system. Some of them are most important and protected by contitutional law. Most important and first one is right to learn their rights. This article appeared with Miranda Decision by The Supreme Court in 1966. The Miranda warning is…

Officers Wear Body Cameras? Have you ever wondered what police do to suspects when no one is looking? Police can get away with so many things behind closed doors and the victims cannot do anything about it. Police Law Enforcement Agencies always get away with things they shouldn’t. Police should have a body camera so that victims will not get anything they didn’t deserve. Having a body camera on the officer will protect both suspect and officer because anything the officer does will be…