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CRIME
INVESTIGATION
Definition of Terms
Crime – act or omission punishable by
law.
Criminal Investigation - is an art and
science which deals with the identity and
location of suspect and provides
evidence of his/her guilt, in a criminal
proceedings.
Definition of Terms
Crime Scene – location at which an
offense was committed and potential
evidence may exist.
Crime Scene Investigation – processes
on the recognition, search, collection,
handling, preservation & documentation
of physical evidence including the
identification & interview of witnesses &
arrest of suspect/s at the crime scene.
Definition of Terms
Note Taking - investigator’s personal
record and will remain fully meaningful
even months after the event.
Definition of Terms
Scene of Crime Operation (SOCO) – is a forensic
procedure in preserving the crime scene, gathering
information, documentation, collection and handling of
all physical evidence.
Knowledge of Laws
Perseverance
Charisma (face value)
Compassionate
Integrity
TOOLS OF INVESTIGATION or “3 I”s (Information,
Interview/interrogation, and Instrumentation or
Criminalistics)
1. Homicide
Someone else caused victim’s death
- Intentional (robber shoots clerk)
- Criminal negligence (drunk driver runs the
vehicle on red light and hits someone)
Manner of Death
2. Suicide
- Victim intentionally causes his/her own death
3. Accidental
- Individual falls victim to accident
Examples: Victim slipped and falls hard on the floor
Manner of Death
4. Natural Causes
POSTMORTEM
- Refers to events or changes that occur after death
ANTEMORTEM
- Refers to events or changes that occur before
death
Post-Mortem Changes
When a person dies, there are series of changes the
body goes through that helps in determining:
Is a condition in which
muscles of the body
become hardened as a
result of chemical
changes within the muscle
fibers.
3. Rigor Mortis
• Small muscles are affected first
• Detected in 2 - 4 hours
• Complete in 6 -12 hours
• Remains 12 -18 hours
• Begins to leave in 24 - 36 hours
• Gone in 40 - 60 hours
3. Rigor Mortis (continuation)
3. Rigor Mortis
Rigor mortis is a good indicator of whether or not a
person was moved after the onset of rigor mortis.
4. Desiccation
It occurs prominently on the mucous membranes
which during life are kept moist and no longer
protected from drying. The membranes may look
burned and the conjunctiva of the eye may actually
be black.
5. Decomposition
• Also called as Putrefaction. A sequence of
physiochemical events that begins with death and ends
with dissolution of non - skeletal parts of body. It begins
with greenish discoloration of the skin and mucous
membranes.
• Epidermis (skin) becomes detached from the membrane
and slips off the body.
4. Decomposition
4. Decomposition
Bacteria in the blood and body causes gas production,
resulting in distension or bloating of the body.
4. Decomposition
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