This paper is being submitted March 24, 2013 for Professor Barbara Bailey’s Criminal Investigation course at DeVry University by Jonah Colombo…
The training of police officers are rigid, exhaustive and provides opportunities to demonstrate leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners (The FBI Academy, 2014). Bundled with these trainings include development of effective communication skills that will enable law enforcement officers to build a connection with the public, victims and colleagues. Since the work of police officers entail communicating with people of different background, preconceptions and attitudes, it is necessary that they adjust their communication practices (Barker, 2008). These practices can either be verbal or non-verbal communication. Verbal communication involves the use of spoken words and is a common form of communication, whereas, non-verbal includes not only words by gestures, facial expressions, posture, eye contact and body language.…
1. Q: In what ways have our historic roots affected the manner in which criminal investigations are conducted in the United States today?…
What procedural steps must the officers perform following John’s arrest and interview at the police station? A procedural step that officers must perform following Johns arrest and interview at the police station would be that John would have to be booked. Booked is where the suspect is charged for the crime they committed. Then the belongings he had on him at the time of his arrest would be taken from him and he would be photographed and fingerprinted. Fingerprinting is done when police want to confirm his identity and also to check for any warrants. After being booked John will be held for arraignment where he will stand before a judge. Once he is before a judge, he will determine if there is any probable cause for his arrest. This is where…
The SIP interview is a recently developed ideal interview based on the same five stage PEACE guidelines and most updated techniques. However, for the purpose of this study not all stages were used as they hold little relevance outside a real life forensic investigation (i.e. planning and preparation, and evaluate). The engage and explain, account and closure stages were used, but slightly adjusted to match the context of this study. Thus, the administration of the SIP interview included rapport-building, appropriate and clear instructions, the predominance of open questions (e.g. ‘’Tell me more about X, Y, Z’’), no interruptions, the focus on mentioned topics, appropriate structure and closure. To ensure consistency between interviews, the administration of the SIP interview included two follow up questions on a topic already mentioned by the participant in relation to location, action or people’s description. Moreover, all participants were encouraged to add to the interview by being asked ‘’Is there anything else you would like to tell me?’’. Before starting the interview process with participants, the experimenter undertook three days of SIP technique training by the main creator of the protocol, Dr Fiona Gabbert. The SIP template used in this study can be seen in Appendix…
In the criminal justice system, a police officer’s ability to communicate is one of the most important traits an officer can have. Police officers communicate with everyone from the public to peers, arrestees, victim and suspect families, and court personnel. A police officer must determine the most effective way to communicate, using several different methods, with everyone without offending or sounding weak.…
Wallace, Harvey, and Cliff Roberson. Written and Interpersonal Communication: Methods for Law Enforcement. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009. Print.…
In law enforcement it is critical for officers to be proficient in the art of communication both written and oral. All officers from a rookie to the head of command will find that a career in criminal justice demands a person “read, write, and understand what is written, as well as to orally transmit and receive information” (Wallace & Roberson, 2009). Communication has a flow of information that follows an informal and formal channel of communication. The informal way of communication would be talking to a group of friends in a lunchroom and a formal way of communication would be in a courtroom testimony. In order for an individual to…
Logos- It is logical that the detective do whatever they can to get information from criminals. If they perform poorly the criminal won’t want to talk. Their information could go a long way in an investigation. The smallest amount of info could help find the criminal that they are searching for. Lives need to be saved and if this is the only logical method, so be it.…
Technology affects our everyday life. Technology also affects the criminal justice field, especially in communication. The criminal justice system has different databases thanks to technology. These databases do things that humans wouldn’t be able to do or wouldn’t have the time to do. Two specific types of databases are AFIS and Iris scan. AFIS (also known as IAFIS) stands for Automated Fingerprint Identification System. AFIS is just that, a database created to keep track of fingerprints. Iris scan is the scanning of the iris as a method to identify people based on unique patterns within the ring-shaped region surrounding the pupil of the eye. Even though we use technology every day it can also have its drawbacks. Technological advancements will always come with positives and negatives. A positive is that technology makes life easier for everyone who works in the criminal justice field. A negative would be if a form of technology breaks down or there isn’t any electricity to keep it up and running.…
References: Wallace, H., & Roberson, C. (2009). Written and Interpersonal Communication: Methods for Law Enforcement (4th edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.…
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Explain why effective communication is important in developing relationship with children, young people and adults.…
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When one is investigating terrorist groups there are four basic approaches that are used by the investigator to give them information that will be needed for different situations that they will run into. When looking at these techniques you have mail cover, investigative task force, and undercover operations.…