Criminal Law Paper: Crime Scene Investigation
Preliminary investigations do not necessarily yield enough information to prosecute a criminal
case. Despite a thorough preliminary investigation, many cases require a follow-up investigation.
Research articles within the past three years on crime scene investigation.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. Assemble a set of guidelines on conducting a preliminary investigation for a criminal case.
2. Discuss at least one-way computer-aided investigations can be used in order to conduct an
efficient follow-up investigation. Provide a rationale to support the response.
3. Select two major crimes (e.g., human-trafficking, domestic violence, abuse of the elderly, sexrelated crimes) and compare and contrast the key differences in reporting the two major crimes
that you selected.
4. Determine the four most important characteristics of an effective criminal investigator and
discuss the importance of each characteristic you determined.
5. Support or critique the argument that the criminal investigation process should maintain the
balance regarding freedom of information through media outlets and privacy rights of alleged
perpetrators of crime. Provide a rationale to support the response.
6. Use at least three quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar
types of websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format.
