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The Evolution of Criminal Investigation and Criminalistics
eighth edition
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Explain the importance of the Bow Street Runners Discuss the contribution of Sir Robert Peels reform to early policing in the United States Explain the history and function of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency Highlight the first major federal investigative agencies and their responsibilities Explain the impact of Supreme Court's "due process revolution" and its impact on policing Discuss Bertillons method of anthropometry Summarize the historical development of fingerprint identification Explain the concept and practice of DNA typing Outline the milestones in the development of firearms identification
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PEELS PRINCIPLES
1. The police must be stable, efficient, organized along military lines. 2. The police must be under government control. 3. The absence of crime best proves efficiency of police. 4. The distribution of crime news is essential. 5. The deployment of police strength over time and area is essential. 6. No quality is more indispensable to a police officer than a perfect command of temper.
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DETECTIVES IN THE U.S. EVOLVED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR Graft/corruption common in big city police departments Municipal police jurisdictions were limited. Little communication between police departments in different cities. Offenders could flee from one jurisdiction to another Private sector detectives like Pinkertons developed
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PINKERTON AT WORK
Protected Presidentelect Lincoln Operated an intelligence service for the union army Pursued bank and railroad robbers Created extensive criminal records Provided a good model for government detectives
(Courtesy Pinkertons Archives)
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EARLY FEDERAL INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES 1865 Secret Service created to combat counterfeiting 1903 After assassination of McKinley responsibility for presidential protection was added 1908 Bureau of Investigation became F.B.I. 1924/Hover 1920 Internal Revenue responsible for Prohibition enforcement
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ANTHROPOMETRY
First method of criminal identification thought to be reliable; based on a criteria of body measurements Developed by Bertillon (1853-1916)/father of criminal identification After 1883 the system was adopted throughout Europe System was abandoned because dactylography (fingerprint identification) simpler, more reliable
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MILESTONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DACTYLOGRAPHY 1684 Englands Dr. Grew observes pores and ridges in hands and feet 1823 Perkinje develops nine standard fingerprint patterns and classification system 1892 Galton publishes Fingerprints, first definitive book on dactylography 1894 Vucetich publishes Dictiloscopia Comparada, outlining his system
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MILESTONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DACTYLOGRAPHY (Cont.) 1900 The Henry system was adopted in England 1901 Henry publishes Classification and Use of Fingerprints, outlining his system of fingerprint classification 1903 The Will West/William West case demonstrates the superiority of dactylography to anthropometry
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic Acid, chemical blueprint which determines everything from our hair color to our disease vulnerabilities; with the exception of identical twins, each person has a unique DNA makeup DNA is unique to individuals The human sources of DNA are: blood and tissue; spermatozoa; bone marrow, tooth pulp and hair root cells
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DNA TYPING
DNA is a chemical blueprint The Enderby cases were the first use DNA typing in England in 1987 The Orlando cases were the first used in the U.S. in1986 The FBI crime lab was the first public lab to use DNA analysis in 1988
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1889 Professor Lacassagne identified grooves on a removed bullet removed from a corpse and matched it to a suspects weapon 1898 Jeserich took microphotographs of fatal and test bullets
He testified the defendants revolver fired the fatal bullet
1926 Calvin Goddard was most responsible for raising firearm identification to a science
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