CDI 211
What is the english translation of the latin word "vestigium"?
FOOTPRINTS
This is any questioning initiated by law enforcement officer after a person has been taken into custody.
CUSTODIAL INVESTIGATION
A type of informant that usually reveals information of no consequence, value, or stuff connected with thin air. His purpose is to appear to be on the side of the law and for throwing out the suspicion from himself or his gang or associates.
FALSE INFORMANT
What is the primary job of an investigator?
to discover whether or not an offense has been committed under the law
What is the term for someone who has been found guilty of a crime, served time in prison, and was later released after completing their sentence?
EX-CONVICT OR GRADUATE OF PENAL INSTITUTION
Give me at-least three members of your immediate family.
spouse, parent or child, brother or sister, grandparent or grandchild, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, guardian or ward, and fiancé or fiancée.
The ___________ of one criminal is distinct and different from the other. It is a criminal trademark, logo or brandname.
MODUS OPERANDI
The common flies undergo larval, pupal and adult stages. The usual time for the egg to be hatched into larva is _____ hours so that by the mere fact that there are maggots in the cadaver, one can conclude that death has occurred more than _____ hours.
24 HRS
These are information that are derived from initiative of the investigator from informants and informers.
Cultivated Source
It is the process of applying instruments or tools of the police sciences in criminal investigation and detection.
INSTRUMENTATION
At the trial of the case, when a case has been filed in Court, the person who allegedly committed a crime is referred to as the ____________.
ACCUSED
In the ironic format of interview it means that it is good to get the positive feeling of the subject towards the investigators, such friendly atmosphere is a vital for both the subject and the investigator to have a better interaction.
RAPPORT
A unit under the Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) that is tasked to train the personnel of the bureaus under DILG to become certified investigator.
NATIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCE TRAINING INSTITUTE
These are information coming from the underworld characters such as Prisoners, criminals and ex-convicts.
GRAPEVINE SOURCE
In the ironic format of interview it means that the witness should be allowed to tell all he/she knows with little interruptions from the investigator.
NARRATION
An interrogation technique where the investigator uses the process of blaming other persons, not alone to the suspect. The murderer may blame the mastermind for corrupting him with big sums of money, or the mastermind blaming the greediness of the victim, or the husband blaming the wife for her infidelity. Or that it is a necessary evil as the victim is planning to kill the suspect.
PROJECTION
It is the hardest substance in the human body.
ENAMEL
The science that involves the proper handling, analysis, and evaluation of any form of dental evidence that would be later used as legal evidence in the court of law. Often when the victim's body is left in an unrecognizable state, it helps investigators in identifying them.
FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY
In the rules of interview that needed to be followed it means a short simple question at a time is required. If the answer needs qualification, then, it should be allowed. Avoid legalistic questions.
Questions should be clearly stated
When is the start of custodial investigation?
The mere invitation to the police station is considered to be the start of custody
This is the ability to last physically and mentally hence, he must have extraordinary physical and mental energy, enduring sleepless nights and tiresome days.
ENDURANCE
What is the golden rule in interview?
"Never conduct or let anyone interview if the interviewer has not gone to the crime scene."
In the ironic format of interview it means that after the interview, it is but proper to close the interview with utmost courtesy and thanking the subject for his cooperation.
CONCLUSION
It is primarily used for death investigations, determination of the location of an incident, postmortem interval and to arrive at the precise time of the infliction of wounds, It involves the application and study of the biology of insects to solve criminal cases.
Forensic Entomology
A branch of law which defines crime, treats of its nature and provides for its punishment.
CRIMINAL LAW