Investigation is a planned and organized determination of facts concerning specific loss or damage of assets due to threats, hazards or unsecured conditions.
A. Aims of investigation:
1. Identify the offender;
2. locate the offender; and
3. provide evidence regarding a crime or offense.
B. Three elements of an investigation:
1. The investigator;
2. purpose; and
3. the subject to be investigated (crime or offense).
C. Tools of investigation:
1. Information - It is the knowledge which the investigator gathered from other people.
2. Interrogation - It is a skillful questioning of persons of interest (suspect, witness, accomplice, accessory, etc.). It seeks to ascertain facts in a lawful and professional manner.
3. Instrumentation - It is the application of scientific instruments in crime detection.
D. Approaches to investigation:
1. Define the problem. This includes understanding the crime or offense to be investigated.
2. Collect information that is/are relevant to the crime or offense to be investigated. This includes various methods in investigation and analysis of gathered information about the crime or offense that was investigated. (You may search further for different methods of investigation and analysis of gathered data.).
E. Incident type of investigation:
The incident type investigation is also known as a complaint type investigation. An investigator might begin with a personal observation, more often a report of some kind is made by someone, stating the facts or conditions, actual or alleged, into which an investigation is to be conducted. There is a basis of complaint or report about some event or condition.
The investigative process begins with the acquisition of the initial information which the investigation is based or predicated. It ends when the last piece of physical, testimonial or directly observed date has been collected. The investigative process then moves into analysis and report-writing process.
A. Aims of investigation:
1. Identify the offender;
2. locate the offender; and
3. provide evidence regarding a crime or offense.
B. Three elements of an investigation:
1. The investigator;
2. purpose; and
3. the subject to be investigated (crime or offense).
C. Tools of investigation:
1. Information - It is the knowledge which the investigator gathered from other people.
2. Interrogation - It is a skillful questioning of persons of interest (suspect, witness, accomplice, accessory, etc.). It seeks to ascertain facts in a lawful and professional manner.
3. Instrumentation - It is the application of scientific instruments in crime detection.
D. Approaches to investigation:
1. Define the problem. This includes understanding the crime or offense to be investigated.
2. Collect information that is/are relevant to the crime or offense to be investigated. This includes various methods in investigation and analysis of gathered information about the crime or offense that was investigated. (You may search further for different methods of investigation and analysis of gathered data.).
E. Incident type of investigation:
The incident type investigation is also known as a complaint type investigation. An investigator might begin with a personal observation, more often a report of some kind is made by someone, stating the facts or conditions, actual or alleged, into which an investigation is to be conducted. There is a basis of complaint or report about some event or condition.
The investigative process begins with the acquisition of the initial information which the investigation is based or predicated. It ends when the last piece of physical, testimonial or directly observed date has been collected. The investigative process then moves into analysis and report-writing process.