This kind of detective work usually involves the researcher go through a number of documents. In research of Erin Brockovich story, which was expressed in the Erin Brockovich movie, was shown given documents including water department records among other documents. Erin decided to look for the ratings of water quality as well as the chemical substances that are found in the drinking water used by the habitats of Hinkley, CA(Brockovich, 2000). Erin’s detective work required that she paid close attention to detail and that she portrayed a great level of patience.
In films, movies, and books, conducting comprehensive investigation helps all the pieces of information and details fall in their rightful place with ease. The Erin Brockovich film did
not exaggerate or idealize the detailed and conscientious nature of Erin’s work. Erin conducted interviews with people whose family members had been ill as a result of contamination. Searching for answers and evidence in real life situations can be a tedious and time-consuming affair, which in most cases ends up yielding no positive results at all(Brockovich, 2000). This form of investigation may entail going through a huge number of public records, or spending days in one place watching something. The majority of coincidences that lead the researcher to the evidence are unlikely in real life. The tragic reports that Erin received from those affected evoked her sympathy since she could relate to their feelings of being helpless. When Erin started investigating the issue, she discovered that thee were hundreds of victims. When Erin learned that there was a need for someone to fight for the rights of these people, she put her needs and concerns aside in order to help them(Brockovich, 2000).
The smell of death and decay, emanated inside the trunk of a Pontiac Sunfire. A missing child; only to be reported 31 days after she went missing, found dead in a forest close to her home. And a mother who was accused of murder, who got off with no charges, even with evidence stacking against her. This all started with one 9-1-1 phone call from a concerned grandmother who has not seen her grandchild in a month. Casey Anthony was the main headline in all the newspapers, cable television, and social media. Over more than 140 million people sat and watched as the trial played on, and a verdict was reached. This case was the largest and most polarizing case that America has ever seen.
Patty Hearst was kidnapped from the University of California at Berkeley by the SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army) when she was 19 years old. When she got kidnapped the SLA told her she had to join them or she gets hurt. She recorded an audiotape that could be heard around the world, saying that she is now part of the SLA. When she joined them, she participated in a criminal activity with the SLA in California. When she did the crime, they said that it was robbery and extortion. She took two million dollars from her father for the SLA so they could take over the world and the people.
Caylee Anthony, a child from Orlando, Florida, only two years of age, had her life tragically cut short in 2008. The controversial case received significant media attention for several months, captivating the imaginations of people from coast to coast and causing nationwide debate and speculation as to what may have occurred. The centerpiece of conversation, however, hardly featured the devastating loss of Caylee Anthony from the world, and instead focused on the involvement and lifestyles of her mother and defendant in the case, Casey Anthony.
Born into a bourgeois family, Dahmer was born in Milwaukee, working-class town in the northern United States. He moved with his parents in the small town of Bath Township ( near Akron ) , Ohio , at the age of seven years.Lionel Dahmer may have invented the story of aggression to "explain " why his son was attacked in gay " to take revenge " .Lionel Dahmer seems , in fact, have never accepted, nor understood his son 's homosexuality ... Jeffrey Dahmer himself said: "There was no particular incident that would ... caused it " ( sexual orientation). "It is said that some people are assaulted or raped by someone, this is what causes them to become homosexual. It has never been my case ." Dahmer 's father explained that eight years , Jeffrey was sexually assaulted by a teenager in the neighborhood. If this is true , perhaps this "incident" can help to understand the subsequent crimes Dahmer .Dahmer 's mother was neurotic and always edgy . Dahmer 's father , a pharmacist, spent all his time working (probably to escape his wife) . Both did not care much about the young Jeffrey . It played with " imaginary friends " and terrified his classmates by his strange behavior .Dahmer was an intelligent boy and a brilliant student , but he did not use all his " potientiel " . He interrupted the course being silly, was a loner and was acting strange .When Dahmer was about 8 years old, " a strange fear began to sneak into his personality, fear of others combined with a general lack of confidence. He developed a reluctance to change , a need to feel the assurance of familiar places . the prospect of going to school frightened him. the boy who previously seemed so happy and sure of himself had been replaced by a different person , who was now very sh...
On January 17, 2015, two Stanford graduate students witnessed a man, who was later identified as Brock Turner, sexually assaulting an unconscious, undressed woman behind a dumpster outside of a party at a fraternity house. When they approached the scene, Turner attempted to flee. The graduate students restrained him and immediately called the police. The 22- year- old, who chose to remain anonymous, had her life flipped upside down since that traumatic night. During the course of June of this year, Turner was convicted of three counts of sexual assault and was sentenced to 6 months in county jail (released in 3 months with good behavior), probation, and ordered to register as sex offender. The public was outraged by the decision of the Superior
A serial killer is defined to be somebody who has murder three or more people in the time span of one month, typically due to psychological abnormalities. After capturing a serial killer, the first question is usually, “Why?” There are many different reasons that a person may do this, that may be logical to them but not to everyone else. Most serial killers have one thing in common: they have mental disorders or psychological issues derived from a bad past. This may not be the case for all of them, but most serial killers have been proven to have at least one of these.
It is true that many of the aspects of this play could maybe conclude in it being classed as a detective story.
“Drug addicts had their drugs. Alcoholics had their bottles. Serial killers had their murders.” -Jess C. Scott. How can someone who has a normal childhood turn into something crazy? No one would ever believe that at the age of eighteen it was possible to takes someone’s life. In thirteen years seventeen males had had their lives taken away from them. People say sometimes with serial killers you can tell by how they act when they were young. That wasn’t apparent in the life of a cold blooded killer, whose name was Jeffrey Dahmer.
Once the investigation is confirmed as legit the investigator then determines the elements of the crime. The investigator will ask questions...
Columbine High was a very tragic incident that spread around the country and had rumors that multiplied and spread like wildfire. It terrified people everywhere causing many things to change in schools, teachers, and in students. Schools learned from this attack that anything could happen when you least expect it and that they needed to prepare for the worst if it ever came.
Thoroughness is foundational to legal investigators because we owe an ethical duty to our clients to gather information to the best of our ability and pose a professional liability to our attorneys if we do not do so in a careful, deliberate and procedurally correct way. For example, we might be able to obtain a helpful piece of evidence, even through legitimate means, but if we fail to chronicle every step of obtaining and logging that evidence to create a chain of custody, we may still fail our client by ruining its ability to be authenticated. Being thorough in the planning phase of exactly what you will be investigating, how you will collect it, who or what you will need for authentication, and what factors the opposing side might be considering
When one hears the term serial killer, it’s likely the name Jeffrey Dahmer will come to mind. Dahmer can be argued to be one of the most notorious serial killers to have ever lived. During Dahmer’s childhood, there were many signs that hinted he had the potential to commit such heinous crimes. While Jeffrey Dahmer was in his teenage years, a group of boys found the head of a dog impaled on a stick behind the Dahmer home. According to forensic psychiatrists, “such a fascinations with death and cruelty to animals is an almost predictable sign in the lives of people accused of being serial killers” (Goleman). There has been several serial killers who have been accused of animal abuse, similar to Jeffrey Dahmer, because they have complete control over the animals. Many other neighbors stated they found frogs and other small animals staked to trees, as well as Jeffrey had a shed full of the skeletons of the animals he mutilated. However, the people who knew what went on in the Dahmer household did not report the animal cruelty they witnessed until Dahmer was arrested for the murders of his victims; there is the possibility they could have put a stop to Dahmer’s inhumane actions before they even
First of all in an investigation a set of rules or guidelines must be set and stoned when
A crime is an act that breaks a law that relates to how to behave in society. The harm caused by the act is seen to be against society as a whole, not just a specific person. More specifically, a crime is an act (something you do) or omission (something you don’t do) that is against the law and punishable upon conviction. Crime includes criminal code offences against a person or property, drug offences, and so much more. Why do people commit crimes? Why do women commit crimes? Is a woman capable of committing a crime, and what causes her to do so? Many people believe that women would never commit crimes because of the common stereotypes of them being trustworthy, nurturing, and compassionate people. They place these stereotypes on women because they believe that women are not capable of committing crimes to the point where they would have to face prison. Although these stereotypes are assured to be true, these people do not realize that women crime rates have been increasing tremendously overtime, especially in the 1980's. Women/female offenders have had the fastest growing segment over the last 40 years, but are still much smaller than men. It has been proven that out of 1.5 million prisoners incarcerated in the nation, only 54 out of 100,000 of those people are women. According to Judge Thomas Mostowy, 14% of women crimes are violent, 10% are murders, 60% are against family members, and 20% of the violent female offenders are juveniles who have committed other crimes but notably majority of them are non-violent.
There are several steps that need to be taken in order to process a crime scene. Some of the steps include: securing the scene, a detailed search, documenting the crime scene, collecting and preserving evidence, and finally releasing the scene. All of the following steps are crucial to avoid any possible contamination or otherwise compromise the scene before it can be released. Few, if any additional opportunities exist when processing a crime scene, so the first time is most pertinent.