Category: Crime Investigation

  • Feminism and Criminology in the Modern Justice System

    Feminist and crime research is an innovative and revolutionary discipline. Despite society’s movement towards justice and gender equality, women are still underrepresented in stereotypically masculine industries. The research methodology in this area is divided into quantitative and qualitative as well as in formal investigation. The critical distinction is the existence of a subjective factor, namely…

  • Chapter 7 of Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice

    Table of Contents General Summary Fundamental Arguments Critique Reference General Summary Chapter seven of Gau’s text focuses on analyzing populations, sampling distributions, and the sample related to criminal-justice statistics and criminology. From a statistical perspective, a population defines a whole (entire) sphere or universe of places, people, objects, and particular units involved in analyzing a…

  • DNA Analysis in Forensic Science

    Table of Contents Introduction PCR Process Loci Touch DNA Conclusion References Introduction In the context of present-day developments, DNA analysis appears to be an essential tool for numerous fields. Modern biology and biochemistry intensively use methods, which are based on recombinant DNA. In addition, it is applied in bioinformatics, which implies data mining, which is…

  • Contemporary Theories in Criminology

    Three methods of measuring crimes. Their advantages and disadvantages Usually, scholars single out three major methods of measuring crime: official statistics, the survey of victims, and self-report analysis (Tierney, 2004). Each of these techniques has its advantages and disadvantages. Only their combined usage can give in-depth insights into the criminological situation in the country or…

  • Criminology Discipline and Theories

    Introduction The discipline of criminology helps to understand why individuals commit particular crimes as well as the factors that lure them into offenses. Understanding the reasons why people engage in crimes can go a long way towards developing strategies to mitigate felonies. Besides, it can help law enforcers to preempt crimes and lower cases of…

  • Use of Statistics in Criminal Justice and Criminology

    The book Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice focuses on the usage of statistics, which can be considered one of the most important means of studying crime in its quantitative and qualitative terms. It contains data on the number of offenses committed, their structure and dynamics, as well as information about the offender’s personality. Chapter…

  • Approaches in Criminal Investigation

    There are many types of investigation methods used by investigators. They comprise inductive reasoning, theory, synthesis, priori, posterior, deduction, hypothesis, classification, and analysis. Any of these approaches assist investigators in their investigations. Inductive reasoning is the method of thinking that starts with concrete details to draw a general inference (Osterburg & Ward, 2019). It allows…

  • Undercover Police Investigations in Drug-Related Crimes

    Table of Contents Introduction Problems Associated With Undercover Police Investigations Arguments for Drug Legalization References Introduction Undercover activities have traditionally been used to target crimes involving corruption, drugs, pornography, and prostitution. This involves deception and involvement in illegal activity to gain evidence involving criminal activities. According to Marx (1988), “UCEs have worked to combat organized…

  • Frank Hagan’s Textbook “Introduction to Criminology”

    After having read Chapters 5 and 6 in the textbook Introduction to Criminology by Frank Hagan, I was able to identify the following three points of interest: The fact that, throughout the entirety of both of these Chapters, Hagan made a deliberate point in referring to the Positivist criminological theory, as such that has been…

  • Criminal Behavior Investigation and Search Warrants

    What are the Fourth Amendment requirements for the issuance of warrants? The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that “no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized” (“Fourth Amendment” par 2). In other…