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    A detective is a police officer‚ whose duty is to detect criminals‚ by in-depth investigation of cases. When attempting to solve a crime‚ detectives conduct a criminal investigation that seeks all the facts about a crime to help determine the truth: what happened and who is responsible. This involves making a preliminary and final investigation. A detective’s task is to gather‚ organize‚ and use information about social behavior. To effectively complete that task a detective should possess

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    Senior Research Paper: Homicide Detective Do you ever wonder what happens prior to a murder‚ what lead to this outcome‚ what the victim felt or even what the murder felt? A homicide detective is the one who figures all this out. A homicide is when one human being kills another human being and a detective is the one that finds out why? Why it happened? How did it happen? Who caused it? Where did it occur? And What lead to this act of violence? The reason I chose this career is because it allows

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    Jacquel Thompson Detective Thompson GUST 1270 21 November 2011                                                       Homicide Detective      I plan to become a homicide Detective.  A detective is a investigator‚ either a member of a police agency or a private person. In order to become a homicide detective I must attain a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. There are state required exams required in order to become a homicide detective.  I will need to take a lot of classes in higher

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    What is a homicide Detective‚ A homicide Detective is a police detective who investigates clues used to identify the suspect in a murder case. Detectives are relied on finding out how the victim was killed and by who which they were by.They also have to find out what kind of crime this is. Detectives have different methods to find out these crimes such as clues‚ different clues and materials show what kind of killing this was. Interrogation‚ detectives ask questions to the witness of the victim and

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    Why Ask Why? The most important part of any type of book or story is that it be interesting. This proves to be particularly important in detective fiction as well. What could be more interesting than having a crime committed in front of you‚ given all (or most) of the details and still not be able to figure it out? This is exactly how detective fiction authors draw people into these stories and books. By weaving an intricate and interesting plot full of fascinating characters‚ and all types

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    suspect. " Detective Union’s morning read had been interrupted by the sweet‚ fulfilling chimes of‚ help. She knew it was only a matter of time and she’d been anticipating it. She hadn’t been excited about visiting Florida‚ she was however‚ eager to work the case. She’d been following this case all the way from Chicago and just last year‚ she’d been adamant about bringing a person of interest in for questioning. Unfortunately‚ she didn’t have enough evidence to back it. " Detective Union‚ good

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    Twenty-first century detective stories are blooming with action‚ conflict‚ mystery and so on. But this is only recent development. There is a lot more to it than most people think. From a French man named Vidocq to the creation of modern detective fiction by Edgar Allan Poe‚ until today’s development of detective stories and its characters. So what made Poe such an important figure in detective fiction history‚ and in what way did his creation develop after his death? In my study I will try to answer

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    Contemplating this‚ detectives require a strong head to keep them from falling apart. Detectives must be extremely detailed and tedious in their work because if they aren’t they could miss a small clue that could provide a big break in a case. Being under constant pressure is another condition they must work in. People want justice and are relying on someone to solve the crime and provide that for them and the person responsible for that is a detective. It is a huge undertaking for

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    mythology of detectives‚ criminals‚ police‚ and suspects in a classic form that is almost pure mystery. Edgar Allen Poe first noticeably expressed the traditional detective story in the 1840s‚ but it did not become a widely popular genre until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This rise in popularity of the detective story coincided with the success of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. Sherlock Holmes is widely regarded as the most famous of all fictional detectives and is

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    History of Detective Fiction When I came to your class I had little knowledge of what detective fiction was‚ I knew it dealt with mystery‚ but never knew the real meaning of it. Thanks to you and your assignment‚ now I know. According to Wikipedia.org detective fiction is‚ "A branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime‚ usually by murder‚ by a detective‚ either professional or amateur". It is closely related to mystery fiction‚ but it is more of puzzle that must be

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