WJEC Criminology Unit 3 - AC1.2 Assess the usefulness of
investigative techniques in criminal investigations
What investigative techniques are there? - (answers)Forensic
Surveillance
Profiling
The use of Databases
Interviews
Observation
What is forensic investigative techniques? - (answers)The use of forensic
investigative techniques are when forensic specialist such as scientists and other
types of forensic specialists are able to collect, process and analyse types of
forensic evidence such as blood, DNA, fingerprints, Fibres and much more to get a
detailed view of what happened and create profiles and explanations to crimes and
crime scenes. Usually most reliable technique as everyone is unique with DNA.
What are surveillance techniques? - (answers)CCTV Is the most major form of
surveillance as almost every shop or public space has CCTV that is constantly
recording peoples every moves all the time, it can be great as it provides a detailed
visual record of persons and times that can help investigators see crimes taking
place, identify suspects, witnesses and Much more.
Covert surveillance is another type to obtain evidence such as videos / photos of a
person or group, etc.
What are profiling techniques? - (answers)Geographical profiling, based off
physical locations to picture together patterns in locations, can create a picture of
where the offender could live.
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