Modern Criminal Investigation: The History Of Modern Criminal Investigation

The concept of spies and investigators has been in the history since time immemorial when kings and monarchs had their own branch of spies and investigators who would secretly carried on their investigations and caught criminals. However the history of modern criminal investigation goes as back to 1748. In the year 1748, first major significant event occurred when Henry Fielding was chosen as the magistrate of English Bow street, who in the year 1750 formed the Bow street runners which became the first paid detective unit. This organisation was established in response to wide spread crime throughout Henrys jurisdiction. Apart from Henry Fielding another man who contributed significantly in this field was Eugene Francois Vidocq, once a criminal himself, today is known as father of criminology. In 1811 he started a detective unit called the Brigade de la Surete ( security brigade) which was later converted into the National Police force with Vidocq as the head of the unit. Vidocq is considered as the first private detective in the modern history. Another major event which took place in 1842 was the establishment of the Scotland Yard which was famous for its investigators and

There are some cases in which criminals leave minimum or no evidence behind them. A case can also be unsolvable if there are no witnesses at all. Investigators declare a case unsolvable only if the result of their investigations, observations are not conclusive and are leading them nowhere. However most of the cases are solvable. In order to make an investigation successful one should follow logical sequence while attempting to solve a case, he should collect as many physical evidences as possible, he should be able to conduct fair and effective interviews with the witnesses and last but not the least, all the suspects should be legally interrogated and the details of the cases are accurate, should be recorded and