Did you know that the first private investigation agency was started by a criminal? While conducting research over this particular topic I learned a lot of interesting information regarding the type of work done by private investigators, as well as the potential employment opportunities. This world is a crazy and deceptive place and it is up to us to get to the truth of everything. Becoming a private investigator will be a time consuming, potentially dangerous, yet extremely rewarding career path. (History of Private Investigations, 2013)
The opening sentence is true. The first private detective agency was created by a French soldier and criminal in 1833. His name was Eugene Francois Vidocq. The name of his agency was Le bureau des reseignments, (Office of Intelligence.) His office was fully staffed with other ex-cons. His firm was the first to do a plaster cast of a shoe impression. Police often attempted to shut his company down with no avail. He was arrested in 1842 in what he believed to be a set up after solving an embezzlement case. The charges were false imprisonment and taking money under false pretenses. Vidocq was sentenced to five years in prison and a 3,000-franc fine. He was released after he took his case to the Court of Appeals. (History of Private Investigations, 2013)
Vidocq is credited also with introducing many key tasks into the Criminal Investigations field. These important tasks include record-keeping, criminology and ballistics. He also had a printing company where he is believed to have created indelible ink and unaltered bond paper. Many of Vidocq’s methods are still used today by French authorities. (History of Private Investigations, 2013)
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During the 20th century, there were many outlaws and crimes that made history and left their mark on society. The murder of Quebec prison guard Dianne Lavigne , in Montreal, by Hells Angels members Stephane “Godass” Gagne and Andre “Touts” Tousignant under the orders of Maurice “Mom” Boucher was one of these exact instances. Based on the Hells Angels attempt to destabilize the justice system, her assassination and that of Pierre Rondeau not long after were committed in 1997. As will become evident, the murder of Dianne Lavigne resulted in the incarceration of those who were responsible, the police repression of biker activity, and the revulsion of the public while generating fear within the judicial system.
Originally assigned the Federal Bureau of Investigations Field Office in Alexandria, Virginia, Earl Edwin Pitts investigated narcotics and small white collar crimes. Before long Earl Edwin Pitts was assigned to work as a member of a foreign Counter-Intelligence squad in New York City however, the transition to his new location was not easy and things went badly. He started to blame the Federal Bureau of Investigations for his reduced prospect...
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Through out Vacher’s travels across the French Country side he was implicated to the murder of at least eight different people. While the belief that he may have been behind the many deaths of many others is still alive today, that truth may have died with him. While the processes used in investigation will continue to evolve in response to the changes in the way criminals commit their crimes, we must remember that to stop crime we should stop the reasons for their existence. The use of reasoning and questioning to bring about the desired result had equal, and fairer, manner of bring about the confession of a criminal gives me hope that from violence we can become a better society.
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) are a few other agencies that also employ criminal profilers. Although there are other employers that hire criminal profilers, the FBI is the most prominent. In order to be considered as a potential member of these programs, having an advanced degree in behavioral or forensic science is recommended. However, the most important qualification is an agent’s overall experience as an investigator of violent crimes. John Douglas, a famous FBI profiler, believes that “degrees and academic knowledge [are] not nearly as important as experience and certain subjective qualities” (Muller 250).
One of the first attempts at law enforcement began in 1692, an act known as the highway act was taking place. The highway act provided rewards to anyone who captured a criminal. In the 1600’s, crime spreads through city of England. There was a group of investigators called the “Bow Street Runners” and they went to major crime scenes to see if they could figure out what happened. With the success of the Bow Street Runners, the government started paying people to be law enforcers. (2)
Although all crime scene investigator teams investigate the same case, their job and salary typically varies (Florida Tech University Online). There are four different branches on some...
One major difference between public and private investigator is the training that they have to go through before they qualify to do criminal investigations. For public officers, they will have to go through in-depth training and undertake some exams before they qualify for their jobs while private security officers will only have to go through drug test and provide a background check on their criminal record prior to their recruitment as private investigators.
A Criminal Investigator is an exciting, always changing career that also helps make a difference. Criminal Investigators help make a difference in a community by assessing and solving crimes like burglaries, homicides, assaults, and other problems in communities where there is any criminal intent. Also after a crime has been committed, Investigators will follow up on leads and may testify in court (“Criminal Investigator Job Description). Some people that become criminal investigators were or also are police officers. Criminal Investigators work with many people such as, police officers, detectives, medical examiners, and photographers to solve criminal cases.
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