Specialized crime 3rd year

Crime

is the commission of an act which is prohibited or the omission of an act

•Criminal Investigation

It is an art which deals with the identity and location of suspect and provides evidence

•Investigator

the person in charged of carrying out the objectives of investigation.

• Grapevine source

are information given by the underworld characters such as prisoners or criminals.

• Cultivated source

are information furnished by informants/informers,

•Interview and interrogation

both are similar in terms of their purpose to acquire information

•interview

is done in a simple manner of questioning and mostly done among complainant victims or witness.

•Interrogation

the process of obtaining an admission or confession

•Confession

refers to a formal statement by which the accused admits his guilt of a crime

•Admission

refers to the acknowledgement of a fact under discussion or a material fact in a lawsuit

FIELD INQUIRY

= it is the general questioning of all persons at the crime scene conducted by investigator.

Instrumentation

refers to the process of employing scientific instruments in crime detection

SALESMAN

•An interviewer is selling two things. must sell yourself as a PROFESSIONAL.

ACTOR

•You must be a good actor

PSYCHOLOGIST

•Learn as much as you can about the person being interviewed prior to the interview.

EFFECTIVE LISTENER

•You must learn to maintain eye contact, Allow the person to finish sentences,

The Interviewer Attitude

•Be Objective/ •Be Cordial and Polite/•Be Even-Tempered

The Interviewer Posture

• Sit Upright / •Sit Frontally Aligned / •Lean Forward on Occasion

The Interviewer Eye Contact

•Should be maintained when asking questions or when they answer

The Interviewer Facial Expressions

•Show interest / •Expressions of understanding when you give him moral justification for his actions

The Interviewer Tone of Voice

•Medium, conversational and •Smooth speechb

The Interviewer Questioning the Suspect

• Show understanding when he expresses strong negative emotions

The Interviewer Hand Gestures

•Use a lot of hand gestures when talking

•Establish Rapport

- If the subject isn't comfortable with you he will not tell you anything.

•Watch for timeliness

-Observe all of interviewee's behavior

Interrogation Techniques: Blame the Victim

•Blame the parents and •Blame the Spouse and •Blame Alcohol

Make the suspect the victim

•"How did this happen to you?"

Allow and Evaluate the first denial

•Stop or ignore additional denials