The CID Method; An Overview

By Edna Booker


There are many explanations offered as to why crime occurs within the society. Several CID method are used to get information about the perpetrators of the crime, its victims among other important information. While some crimes are easy to solve some are complex and thus requires advanced methods to get the details of crime as some criminals are very thorough in covering their steps.

Every crime investigation method starts with looking at the crime scene which is the physical location where it the alleged violation of ones right by another took place. The crime scene is thoroughly checked for any inconsistencies, items that are out of ordinary, or would not necessarily be at the location that time are noted and collected as evidence.

Crime scene need to be handled with care and thus investigation methods call upon investigators to wear protective clothing and gloves to avoid getting contaminated or contaminating the scene. Also, items removed from the scene that give information on what may have happened also called evidence are properly stored. The method used to store the evidence depends on the type of evidence.

Interviews are the most commonly used investigating methods. Different jurisdictions have different rules pertaining to how the interview should be conducted. These rules ensure the admissibility of evidence collected as even though the facts may show somebody committed a crime that law may find them innocent if the rules of evidence collection were never followed.

Depending on the complexity of interview the investigation may adopt simple or complex interviewing techniques. Cognitive interview and the use of hypnosis method are some of complex interviewing techniques. There are lots of controversies on the effectiveness of these methods. Undercover method is another methods use by investigators. It involves detectives adoption a different identity in order to collect vital information to present to a court of law. Detectives working as undercover investigators need to be highly trained to ensure that the collected evidence is useful in the court process.

Technological methods are also used and they include the closed circuit television. These televisions are installed in premises and help capture the sound and picture of suspects and store this information to be used for future inquiries. Due to their likelihood of intruding on people privacy their use is governed by a variety of rules.

The other method is the use of surveillance technique. This method involves investigators having on the lookout as suspects plan, execute or even exit after committing a crime. Mostly this method is useful when information linking suspects of a crime is missing, hence the investigators need evidence to hold these people culpable in a court of law.

Lastly, the type of method to be used is determined by the type of investigation, for example, criminal or non-criminal, the use of information obtained. There are many methods that can be used depending on the complexity of investigation. However, some methods such as interview hardly miss in an investigation process.




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