WHAT IS CRIME?

Crime is an act committed in violation of law for which

punishment is imposed upon conviction. It also can be unlawful
activity, a serious offense, especially in violation of morality.
Crime effects anyone, and everyone. In short crime is an act or
omission punishable by Law.

WHO IS A CRIMINAL?
Criminal is a popular term used for a person who has committed a
crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. Criminal also means
being connected with a crime.

WHAT IS CRIME DETECTION?

In recent times, science has provided substantial aid to crime
detection. Because anything in the physical universe has the potential
of becoming an item of evidence in an investigation, a wide variety of
procedures may be used in analyzing and interpreting evidence in a
criminal case. These procedures include handwriting analysis,
forensic photography, crime scene documentation, metallurgical
investigations, chain of custody, entomology, and blood spatters. The
first thing you do after securing a crime scene is document it. Always
take pictures. They are the best records available. They show the
crime scene as it was found; where objects are in relation to other
objects, victims, rooms, etc.

WHAT IS THE GOLDEN RULE IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION?

A golden rule simply means it is a rule you absolutely adhere to,
every single time. There is no time or occasion where one would go
against this important rule. When it comes to crime scenes, the
golden rule is “Do not touch, alter, move, or transfer any object at the
crime scene unless it is properly marked, measured, sketched and/or
photographed.” This rule is to be followed every day, in every scene.
DISTINCTION OF INTERVIEW AND INTERROGATION.
Although the purpose of both interviews and interrogations is
obtaining information, the interview is an informal procedure whereas
the interrogation is formally questioning a person with information
about a suspected crime. Arson investigators must interview people
to accurately recreate the fire they are examining.

3 TOOLS OF CRIME DETECTION (EXPALIN EACH)

1. INFORMATION – It is the knowledge / data which an investigator
acquired from other persons and records.
2. INTERVIEW AND INTEROGATION – Is a conversation with a
purpose, motivated by a desire to obtain certain information from the
person being interviewed as to what was done, seen, felt, heard,
tasted, smell, or known. This is the questioning of a person believed
to possess knowledge that is in official interest to the investigator.
3. INSTRUMENTATION – It is the application of instruments and
methods of physical science to the detection of crimes. In cases
where there are no significant physical evidence to be found then the
use of instrumentation is relative unimportant. Other term of
instrumentation is CRIMINALISTICS.

CITE ATLEAST 20 PERSONALITIES AND STATE THEIR

CONTRIBUTIONS TO CRIME DETECTION.