This paper is being submitted March 24, 2013 for Professor Barbara Bailey’s Criminal Investigation course at DeVry University by Jonah Colombo…
The popular television show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigations has been on the air for 12 years, and it has brought forth the behind-the-scenes actions of criminal investigations, even if its portrayals are not always scientifically accurate. This has caused an interest in the forensic sciences that has led most people to a skewed view of how a criminal investigation actually works. The reality of a criminal investigation is that it is generally more tedious and difficult than the theory of criminal investigation would have you believe. By examining the forensic and investigative procedures of the case of Pamela Foddrill, it is apparent that the theory of criminal investigation was not representative of the procedures concerning examination of the body, but that it was demonstrative of much of the investigatory steps taken by police, like search warrants. On August 18th, 1995, 44-year-old Pamela Foddrill disappeared from the town of Linton, Indiana. Pamela went to buy some groceries at the local IGA and was abducted: her body was found wrapped in a sleeping bag near Russellville, Illinois four months later. Roughly four years later, five individuals were held responsible for their part in the abduction, rape, and murder of Pamela Foddrill: Roger Long, John Redman, Jerry Russell Sr., Wanda Hubbell, and Plynia Fowler. Long, Redman, and Russell are serving life sentences, while Fowler pled out to 14 years and Hubbell pled out to 20 years of incarceration.…
AT&T began business back in the 19th century when AT&T became the parent company of Bell System. At the time Bell System held a monopoly in telephone service and was considered to be the best in the world. In 1984 Bell broke into eight different organizations and until 1986 AT&T was part of an integrated telecommunication service. Today AT&T is a global leader in the telecommunications and continues to grow (AT&T, 2013). One of the best technological ideas that helped AT&T stay competitive in the market was the introduction of the Apple iPad. The iPad offers different features and options for different ages, and has become one of the top rated mobile devices available. The iPad is equipped with sound, a variety of applications, is lightweight, equipped with Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth capability. However, the technology industry advances rapidly, and it is necessary for businesses like AT&T to continue to advance to stay competitive. This paper will show the factors that affect supply and demand of the iPad, along with issues and opportunities AT&T will face in regard to competitiveness and profitability and last the best recommendations to maximize profit potential to stay successful in the market.…
Have you ever been challenged by an experience? Have you ever changed because of this experience? Good morning to the representives of the Board of studies,.... and I wish to justify why the texts I have studied should be kept on the reading list of this module “Into the World”. “The Story of Tom Brennan” by J.C Burke and the feature article of “Sliver Linings” found in the of Sydney Morning Herald’s “The Good Weekend” both emphasise the idea that people are able to come out of difficult situations and see the world from a new perspective.…
What is the purpose of her speech?Are we truly forgotten by the government that rules over us.This is for me and you,and everyone else.“But if you give us a chance,we can perform.After all ginger Rogers did everything fred Astaire did. Only backwards and in heels.”~ann richards…
The speaker today is Kevin Garrett, a Christian Businessman and Entrepreneur and the President for the development of Cold Stone Creameries all around America. This lecture is about failure, and learning to succeed in the midst of failure. Mr. Garrett states that failure is required to achieve success, and I like that he talks about this, because there is a lot of failure that happens throughout life. All people fail, but only those who stand up courageously after failure can truly succeed in life. Suffering is also a part of failure, but failure does not equal suffering. Since the fall of man, people have suffered much because of the sin of man, and no one can escape this fate, even though it may be no fault of your own. While humans fall often, God can use our suffering to bring about great successes, as long as we put our faith in Christ and leave the results up to Him.…
The criminal I chose for this assignment is Gary Heidnik which was found under the category of serial killers. This case occurred in the late 1980 's in Philadelphia. The case regarding Gary Heidnik is a very disturbing story. Gary Heidnik was found with five female victims chained up in his cellar to whom he was raping, killing, and eating these women.…
The advancement of technology is affecting everyone in their everyday lives whether we want to accept it or not. The criminal justice system is no stranger to this; it has created more work for them and in order for them to keep pace with criminals they have to continue to evolve and stay current with the progress of technology. Technology changes from one day to the next and in order to fight and prevent crime the criminal justice system must stay current with the many changes of…
Even though criminal profiling does not have much scientific studied support and there is not much authoritative material on it, it has worked well in some widely known criminal cases. In the case of “The BTK Strangler”, the following profile was given in August, 2000, by Dr. Deborah Schurman-Kauflin, President of the Violent Crime…
As America shifts into a technological age, practically every aspect of our daily lives is influenced by technology. This influence has extended to the way crimes are committed, as evidenced clearly by a murderer known as “The Craigslist Killer”. A medical student at Boston University named Philip Markoff is alleged to have committed the crimes attributed to this killer.…
Howitt, D. (2011). Introduction to forensic and criminal psychology 4th Ed. Harlow:Pearson Education Ltd. Chapter 5…
Crime scenes present many possibilities and evidence that may aid investigators in the apprehension and possibly conviction of a known or unknown offender. While this evidence are present at a scene of a crime, it requires specialized training on the part of law enforcement officials to effectively, efficiently and accurately, collect, record and preserve these evidence. Chain of command is especially vital at each stage of the evidence collection, as evidence can easily be lost and even tampered with. Sex crimes are especially sensitive, as trained professionals have to exercise empathy to what or who may be perceived as the main evidence; the victim. The victim may hold the key to a lot of information that will help investigators capture the perpetrator.…
In the article Beware of Data is went over the Uniform Crime Report and it explained it included four types of Violent crimes, these crimes were murder/nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault, and three types of property crime such as burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft. The Uniform crime report does include arson but that is on a very limited basis. This data base is very impressive with how it collect and records these crimes but at the same time like any data base it does have its flaws. These flaws are that the actual crime levels are not accurate due to not all of the crimes committed are called into police agencies to have reports filed, some of these crimes can be Rape and assaults since victims could know the suspect and they fear retribution from the suspect. To redress the weaknesses in the reports the Bureau of Justice created another data base called the National Crime Victimization Survey. This data base surveys individuals as well as households around the country asking if they have been victims of crimes over the last 6 months and if they had it collects information on what happened. This data base shows that the crime rates are a lot higher than the Uniform Crime report especially for violent crimes. This was a brief summary of what this article was going over.…
The term “serial killer” was derived from a man named Robert K. Ressler, who, in the 1970’s deemed this term because of the term the English used; “crimes in a series” and because of the serial films he grew up watching. (Freeman, 2007) Prior to the term serial killer, people would use the terms, mass murders and stranger-on-stranger crime. The definition of a serial killer, according to dictionary.com is; “a person who attacks and kills victims one by one in a series of incidents.” Obviously, we understand that a serial killer commits murder more than once, and on different occasions, but what helps police and investigators differ between stand alone murders compared to a serial murder case? What techniques do police and investigators use when defining these differences? How do police and investigators track down serial killers? These questions, along with understanding how police, investigators and the FBI profile a serial killer, are the main topics I will be discussing.…
In this essay, focus will be drawn specifically to intervention and it’s part in curbing recidivism in juvenile offenders. The impact of early intervention for young offenders will be explored in detail, and some examples of early interventions, how and why they work, will be examined and this research will support the success of early interventions and their…