Essays on Criminal Investigation

Introduction It is late on a Friday afternoon. The Chief Executive Officer, or the General Counsel, of XYZ Corp. receives a telephone call advising that the local FBI, United States Attorney, or Regional Office of the SEC, is investigating serious charges of wrongdoing alleged to...

When you think of lie detection tests, it is likely that you visualize a CSI episode where investigators use the device to solve a crime. However, these tests actually have an important usage in the real world, and their acceptance into the courtroom has been...

Usually, undercover work has been used in a targeted process as part of a criminal investigation after a crime has occurred, where there is a suspect and his hesitation led one to federal agents’ goal. However, in todays’ generation undercover work has become part of...

Field notes are very important for the law enforcement. This is because they serve as the basis for further investigation. With the information recorded in the field notes, a police officer can use it as a lead on the investigation. Good field notes help the...

Forensic science is one of the most important pillars used to understand the facts and events of crime, through the analysis of evidence in the crime scene and the re-creation of crime events that will help the crime investigators to solve there crime cases ,...

Kate Warne, the first female detective in the United States, born in 1833, grew up in Erin Cheung County, New York. Not much is known about her mother or her father, but she was not the only child. Kate Warne is an inspiration to all...

Introduction The investigating officer often finds hair as evidence at a crime scene. Hair is a type of physical evidence. Physical evidence is anything which is tangible at a crime scene. Hence hair comes under this category. Hair is also classified under physical evidence as...

Criminal investigation is a major decisive act that can lead to prosecution of an innocent man or a guilty one. Conversely, it is also a determinant of whether an innocent or guilty person is freed, raising the question of justification of legal justice (Swanson et...

When I was younger I wanted to be lawyer but doing my high school year I got to go to a law and forensic science convention in DC. There I realized that law was not for me and the forensic science was what ended up...

The murder case of Hae Min Lee is a very intriguing incident, as it is a tale full of many holes and facts that don’t match up. For both the observers and the investigators, this is a difficult case to consider, as there is evidence...

The Inspector General has recovered the Samsung 5 cellphones of two embattled FBI agents at the center of ongoing Department of Justice and Congressional investigations. The two agents are under scrutiny for their involvement in the Special Counsel’s investigation into President Trump and alleged collusion...

For centuries before psychology appeared on the scene, philosophers struggled to understand evil and antisocial acts, while students of jurisprudence wrestled with issues of criminal law and punishment. The American Psychological Association (2013) notes ‘Forensic Psychology’ is the application of psychology to the criminal and...

When the Federal Bureau of Investigation was created, it was to make sure people followed federal law and judicial policy, they had no investigators on the staff that were going to be permanent to the team. When it was first established in 1906, it hired...