LESSON 1
SPECIAL CRIME INVESTIGATION DEFINED
Special Crime Investigation is consisting of special investigative
techniques. It concentrates more on physical evidence, its collection,
handling, identification and preservation in coordination with the crime
laboratory special crime investigation. It involves a close relationship
between the investigator in the field and the crime laboratory
technician. They work together as a team and both must be competent
and well trained, sharing and extending one another’s theories and
finding, working patiently and thoroughly to know the truth from their
criminal enquiries.
Philippines justice system, particularly the court, relies more on physical
evidence rather than extra-judicial confessions and testimonies.
It generates tracing evidence that leads to the apprehension of
dangerous criminals. Oftentimes, potential valuable evidences are
destroyed or rendered useless be careless behavior and handling at the
crime scene.
Responsibilities of Special Crime Investigators
1. Determine the existence of the crime
2. Verify Jurisdictions
3. Discover all facts and collect physical evidence
4. Recover stolen property
5. Identify perpetrator
6. Locate and arrest perpetrator
7. Assist in the prosecution of perpetrator
8. Testify effectively in court
Early Techniques of Crime Investigation
1. Archimedes (287–212 BC) invented a method for determining the
volume of an object with an irregular shape.
Book of Xi Yuan Lu - The first written account of using medicine and
entomology to solve criminal cases.
Carl Wilhelm Scheele - he devised in 1773 a method for detecting
arsenous oxide, simple arsenic, in corpses.
Henry Goddard - at Scotland Yard pioneered the use of bullet
SPECIAL CRIME INVESTIGATION DEFINED
Special Crime Investigation is consisting of special investigative
techniques. It concentrates more on physical evidence, its collection,
handling, identification and preservation in coordination with the crime
laboratory special crime investigation. It involves a close relationship
between the investigator in the field and the crime laboratory
technician. They work together as a team and both must be competent
and well trained, sharing and extending one another’s theories and
finding, working patiently and thoroughly to know the truth from their
criminal enquiries.
Philippines justice system, particularly the court, relies more on physical
evidence rather than extra-judicial confessions and testimonies.
It generates tracing evidence that leads to the apprehension of
dangerous criminals. Oftentimes, potential valuable evidences are
destroyed or rendered useless be careless behavior and handling at the
crime scene.
Responsibilities of Special Crime Investigators
1. Determine the existence of the crime
2. Verify Jurisdictions
3. Discover all facts and collect physical evidence
4. Recover stolen property
5. Identify perpetrator
6. Locate and arrest perpetrator
7. Assist in the prosecution of perpetrator
8. Testify effectively in court
Early Techniques of Crime Investigation
1. Archimedes (287–212 BC) invented a method for determining the
volume of an object with an irregular shape.
Book of Xi Yuan Lu - The first written account of using medicine and
entomology to solve criminal cases.
Carl Wilhelm Scheele - he devised in 1773 a method for detecting
arsenous oxide, simple arsenic, in corpses.
Henry Goddard - at Scotland Yard pioneered the use of bullet
