Intelligence-led Policing in Criminal Investigations

Criminal justice records provide the historian with a wealth of data on social deviance, and on the role of the judiciary in defining and controlling it. They can as well comment on the most invisible group for the social historian: the “innocent bystanders,” the respectable folk who distinguish themselves neither by their power and influence nor by their deviance. This essay illustrates the value of one kind of judicial data, local criminal investigations in Brazil, to provide information on the working citizens of a community. Changes in the characteristics of that population may be indicative of wider social stress in the Brazilian Independence period.

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Victims of Criminal Investigations: Experiences of Adults in Two Communities in Osun State, Nigeria

International Journal of Police Science & Management ◽

10.1350/ijps.2009.11.1.106 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 20-26

Author(s):

Ojo Melvin Agunbiade ◽

Mustapha Olayiwola Opatola

Keyword(s):

Criminal Investigations

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Forensic DNA Phenotyping in Criminal Investigations and Criminal Courts: Assessing and Mitigating the Dilemmas Inherent in the Science

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2560157 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Charles E. MacLean ◽

Adam Lamparello

Keyword(s):

Criminal Courts ◽

Forensic Dna ◽

Criminal Investigations ◽

Forensic Dna Phenotyping

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Coleoptera associated with pig carcass exposed in a forest reserve, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032010000100027 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 321-324 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Kleber Makoto Mise ◽

Alex Sandro Barros de Souza ◽

Claudimir de Menezes Campos ◽

Ruth Leila Ferreira Keppler ◽

Lúcia Massutti de Almeida

Keyword(s):

Sus Scrofa ◽

Insect Fauna ◽

Forest Reserve ◽

Criminal Investigations ◽

First Time

The Coleoptera fauna of forensic importance associated with Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 carcass decomposition in Ducke Reserve, Manaus, Brazil, was determined. A total of 41 species, belonging to six families and 11 subfamilies were collected. Staphylinidae presented the higher richness with 17 species sampled, followed by Histeridae, with 11 and Scarabaeidae with nine species. Euspilotus azureus (Sahlberg, 1823) (Histeridae), Aleochara sp. (Staphylinidae) and Oxelytrum cayennense (Stürm, 1826) (Silphidae) occurred in all stages of decomposition. Omalodes lucidus Erichson, 1824 and Scapomegas auritus Marseul, 1855 (Histeridae) are recorded for the first time in the Amazon, being also reported for the first time associated with a decomposing carcass. The fauna differs from those of other Brazilian regions, emphasizing the importance of studies to determine the regional insect fauna of forensic importance that can be used in criminal investigations.

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