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at the victim. Both suspects stated to the victim “ don’t panic, where you money at, we known you got money”. The victim then told both suspects that he did not have any money on them. At this point “ the suspects stated, we know you got money at the green house”. Let it be noted what the suspects are reffereing to as the green house, is the victims residence (14 Northwest 7th st, dania beach florida), which the majority of the house is painted green. At the moment the suspects then told the…

solution to suspects being coerced into wrongful confessions are videotaping confessions.…

dangerous to the person that is in the hot seat. Confirmation bias can lead to things such as a false confession or a wrong eyewitness identification. If the police officer thinks the suspect is guilty even before conducting the interview process, they will most likely seek information that is incriminating towards the suspect (Hill, McGeorge, & Memon,…

responsibilities, officers face many perils. Emergency pursuits of fleeing suspects is one of those perils. Police pursuit is often a possibility required to stop criminals; however, these pursuits pose a danger not only for officers, but also for average citizens who are in the path of the chase. Police pursuits occur when a suspect tries to escape using a vehicle while an officer is trying to arrest him. When the suspect is cognizant the police have spotted him, he tries to flee with a…

than larger ones. Gel electrophoresis of DNA is used in DNA profiling. When DNA is found at a crime scene, it's sent to a investigation lab. The DNA is extracted from cells and run through gel electrophoresis. Samples of DNA are also taken from suspects and run through the same process. When pieces of DNA line up, investigators know they have a match and…

interrogation can through the whole case you are building under the bus. Interrogation sessions between the investigators and the suspect vary in the process based on the suspect’s age. For an adult suspect, the individual who is being interrogated needs to be made aware of their rights prior to being asked any questions (Kelly, Miller & Redlich, 2016). The suspect needs to be advised that they do have the right to stay silent as and that if they do agree to discuss the situation with…

ambiguous that they can fit a large number of suspects. This decreases its usefulness as a prioritization tool. It is also possible that investigators may also creatively reinterpret the statements the statements of offender profiles in order to make them fit a number of different suspects. The current study proposed that, like the participants in the early Barnum studies, individuals may reinterpret an offender profile to fit various, distinct suspects. Participants for this study were…

legal authority to deprive someone of his or her freedom of movement” (“Arrest”, n.d.). Law enforcement officers make an arrest when they take a suspect into custody. The general law of arrest includes probable cause, an arrest warrant, and the procedure of an arrest. For an arrest to be legal and valid, an officer must have probable cause that the suspect committed a crime. An arrest warrant is not always required. This paper will give a detailed discussion on the general law of arrest. The…

The Miranda warnings originated in the Court ruling of Miranda v. Arizona and became mandated to read to a suspect who is in custody and is going to be interrogated (Hall, 2015). In order for Miranda to apply, the court must determine several factors. The court must determine if the suspect was in custody, if an interrogation transpired, if the suspect’s statement was in direct response to an interrogation, if the government used the statement for prosecutorial reasons to prove guilt, and if…

central ethical issue in “Obtaining the Confession” is justice, and the techniques in police interrogations in order to produce a confession which include lying to suspects, empathizing with him or her to lead them to tell the truth, offering leniency and inferring that there is a small window in which to confess in order for the suspect to secure a less severe punishment. According to John Locke, a British medical doctor and philosopher, every individual has equal liberties that include rights…