Fire investigations were tricky back in the 1970s. While fire investigators were required to be up-to-date to fire science and must upheld a certain standard of knowledge in what to look for to determine whether or not a fire-related incident is arson‚ being “up-to-date” in science‚ especially back in the 70s‚ does not mean courts will always come to the correct conclusions. In my first position paper where I explored the history of fire investigations and concluded why fire science is important
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The importance and relevance of chain of custody to criminal investigations and judicial outcomes Chain of custody is defined by Saferstein (2015)‚ as a sequential documentation‚ that shows custody‚ control‚ analysis‚ handling and the nature of physical or electrical evidence. Chain of custody is a model that is utilised by the police during criminal investigations to demonstrate that the evidence has been handled in a manner that does not destroy the integrity of the evidence (Houck & Siegel‚
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Iron–Iron Carbide (Fe–Fe3C) Phase Diagram • In their simplest form‚ steels are alloys of Iron (Fe) and Carbon (C). • The Fe-C phase diagram is a fairly complex one‚ but we will only consider the steel part of the diagram‚ up to around 7% C b d Carbon. • Phases present α-ferrite‚ γ-ferrite‚ δ-ferrite‚ Fe3C (iron carbide or cementite) Fe-C liquid solution School of Mechanical and Building Sciences‚ VIT University‚ Vellore 1 Phases in Fe–Fe3C Phase Diagram α-ferrite - solid
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don’t produce materials goods‚ but they do create plans for things like new buildings and computer information systems. They use project teams predominantly to offer consultation to clients. Because MRE offers services and does not engage in manufacturing‚ they don’t rely heavily on manufacturing control or inventory control systems. Instead‚ this suggests that they need information systems to facilitate project management and help top management monitor progress and trends in client needs and opportunities
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• Offender profiling is only a part of criminal investigative analysis and is not treated as a single entity of investigation‚ instead as part of an interrelated behavioural investigation. However‚ this technique is not widely used in Australia‚ as there are only four members of the International Criminal Investigative Analysis Fellowship (ICIAF) that work in conjunction with the police‚ mostly within the serial cases of a violent/sexual nature‚ it is widely used in America possibly due to their
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Nothing is more crucial to any investigation than the actions of the first officers on the scene and the actions they take regarding the preservation of the crime scene‚ detention of witnesses and an arrest if possible. The immediate objective of the first officers on the scene must be the safety of all parties involved and all else follows Crime scene preservation should be the most important step to any first responder. This protocol should continue to be followed by anyone who processes
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Records of businesses‚ such as the telephone‚ electric and water companies‚ may also be helpful. Surveillance and stakeouts are important components of kidnap-for-ransom investigations. These activities may require various forms of electronic surveillance‚ including wiretapping‚ eavesdropping‚ automobile locator systems‚ videotaping and photography. Such efforts may require assistance from other agencies. The investigator should be familiar‚ not only with the use of such equipment‚ but also with
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An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents -- Part III Nancy Leveson‚ University of Washington Clark S. Turner‚ University of California‚ Irvine Reprinted with permission‚ IEEE Computer‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 7‚ July 1993‚ pp. 18-41. Recall that the Tyler error occurred when the operator made an entry indicating the mode/energy‚ went to the command line‚ then moved the cursor up to change the mode/energy‚ and returned to the command line all within 8 seconds. Since the magnet setting takes about 8 seconds
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Comprehensive Investigations‚ Inc.‚ is a multi-state‚ licensed‚ bonded and insured Private Investigative Agency that specializes in conducting insurance fraud investigations as it relates to Workers’ Compensation and Personal Injury claims. Our primary goal is to bridge the gap of uncertainty in the evaluation of an injury claim and the extent of a claimant’s physical abilities. Typically‚ this is accomplished by conducting a surveillance of the claimant in order to obtain photographic evidence
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Research on ASIC’s investigation about the continuation of trade by Queensland’s sunshine coast based national importer and distributor of whitegoods‚ also the operator of Kleenmaid brand of kitchen appliances‚ Kleenmaid Group‚ despite becoming insolvent from March 2008. The Fact: Three former directors of national whitegoods distributor Kleenmaid‚ Andrew Eric Young‚ Bradley Wendell Young and Gary Colleyer Armstrong were accused of 20 criminal charges including a $13 million fraud and insolvent
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