FUNDAMETALS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (NEW VERSION)

person who committed a crime, arrested, prosecuted then finally convicted and sent to prison.

Applied in gathering relevant information frompossible sources.

A process of obtaining an admission or confession from suspect who committed the crime.

refers to the failure to perform a specified act

Came from the Latin word “?” which means to trace/ locate.

any bodily movement tending to produce some effects

Crimes punished by Revised Penal Code.

Crimes punished by Special Penal Laws.

Noted as probative value of the evidence.

involves systematic process of identifying, collecting, and preserving data.

What are the components of criminal investigation?

One of the branches of forensic science

Applied in identifying data.

Once it is ________, it punished by violating existing laws (punishing/prohibiting).

these are clues or pieces of information that aid in the progress of investigation

Came from the Latin word “?” which means footprint

it ensures the physicaland legal integrity ofcredibility of the information or pieces of evidence

branch of law that defines crime, treat to their nature and provides for their punishement.

act committed or omitted in violation of public law, or person who has confessed to or convicted by a court of crim law.

refer to leads provided by the citizens that aid in the progress of an investigation

Present facts and information in a simple and convenient manner.

beliefs based on the evidence, leads, tips, and other information developed and uncovered in the case

the identification, collection, preservation and mode of presentation of physical evidence.

Came from the Latin word “?” which means to inquire or to discover.

Application of sciences such as physics, chemistry, med & other biological sciences in crime detection and inves.

Person who provides information to the police on a regular basis

This rule prohibits the issuance of general warrants that encourage law enforcers to go on fishing expeditions.

It is more descriptive than forensic science for describing the services of a crime laboratory.

Crimes punished by city/ municipal ordinances.

governed by rigid rules or fixed legal procedures but most often by intuition.

essence of tactical strategy in investigation.

an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, forbidding or commanding it.

A simple questioning of person who cooperates with the investigator.

it violates commanding laws.

A knowledge of facts gathered or acquired from person or documents which are pertinent or relevant to crimes.

being a critical factor in developing a good, competent investigator is the key to freedom from bandage of ignorance,

Person who furnishes police w information relevant to criminal case or activities without any monetary consideration

Records and files from government and non-government agencies

When the information is disclosed by the underworld characters such as prisoners or ex-convicts.

involves the application of knowledge of forensic sciences.

General term that refers to the field of science applied in answering legal questions

process of carrying out a detailed examination or inquiry usually in official manner to discover something or somebody.

series of similarities that may link particular cases or indicate that the same person is committing a series of crime

What are the phases of criminal investigation?

establish facts and develop evidence, a criminal investigator must use the 3Is.

Information furnished by informant or informer.