Module 8: Police English - Youth Administration, Missing Persons, and Death Investigation

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering operational police terminology, legal definitions, and procedural standards for youth administration, missing persons investigations, and death inquiries.

PDV 382

The police service regulation that outlines the proper handling of criminal proceedings and police matters involving minors and adolescents.

Child (under PDV 382)

A minor between 0 and 13 years of age who is not subject to criminal prosecution.

Juvenile (under PDV 382)

A young person who is between 14 and 17 years old.

Adolescent (under PDV 382)

A person who is at least 18 years of age but has not reached 21, handled under youth administration if accused of a crime or serious administrative offence.

Youth Delinquency

The illegal behavior of a young person, which criminology statistics demonstrate is ubiquitous across all social classes.

Criminogenic Factors

Social and environmental elements (such as negative family background, peers, school issues, or neighborhood decay) that promote or trigger delinquent behavior.

Protective Factors

Environmental and social influences that function like a shield to prevent the emergence of delinquent behavior in young people.

Diversion

A measure in youth administration where criminal prosecution is dropped in favor of disciplinary alternatives such as counseling, anti-aggression training, charity work, or small fines.

Victim-Offender-Mediation (TOA)

A form of restitution outlined in the annex of PDV 382 where an independent moderator guides a voluntary meeting between victim and offender to resolve conflict and reach justice.

Missing Person (under PDV 389)

An individual who has left their usual living space, whose whereabouts are unknown, and for whom a danger to body or life can be assumed.

Child Danger Assumption (PDV 389)

The provision under section 2.2.1 establishing that danger to body or life is always presumed given if the missing person is a child.

POLIS

The electronic police database where a missing person's status and detailed description are recorded to enable instant recognition during nationwide identity checks.

Man Trailer Dogs

Specialized search dogs deployed to follow the individual scent trail of a missing person using reference items such as worn clothing or a used pillowcase.

Modes of Death

The three classifications of death recognized in death investigations: natural death, unnatural death, and unknown mode of death.

Dental Charts

Odontological dental records used by investigators to compare against a deceased individual's teeth for positive identification.

Autopsy

A surgical examination of a corpse by forensic medicine to ascertain the precise cause of death and assist in body identification.

Homicide Division (Mordkommission)

The specialized investigative division called immediately to take charge when a death scene presents indications of a crime.

Post-Mortem Findings Report (Leichenbefundbericht)

The formal investigative documentation completed after inspecting a body and scene, delivered directly to K11 for follow-up investigations.

Staged Crime Scene

A scene deliberately altered to resemble a suicide or accident in order to disguise a homicide.

Suicide Note

A written communication left behind by a deceased individual, considered a key characteristic of suicide cases.

Notice of Death

An in-person notification delivered by two police officers to inform relatives clearly, tactfully, and without euphemism that a family member has died.

Emergency Pastoral Care (Notfallseelsorger)

Crisis counseling support called upon by police officers to provide emotional and spiritual support to relatives during difficult death notifications.

Permanent Crime Unit (Kriminaldauerdienst)

The on-call detective service unit dispatched to handle immediate on-scene operations for major crimes, suspicious deaths, and critical missing persons investigations.

Restitution

The act of making amends, providing compensation, or repairing harm caused by an offender toward a victim.