Kewenangan Penyidik Kepolisian dalam Melakukan Penyidikan Tindak Pidana Korupsi

Various laws and regulations that were created as a substitute for the previous rules, have not guaranteed success in eradicating corruption in Indonesia. The existence of several laws that regulate the authority and obligations of each law enforcement officer such as the Police, Prosecutors, Judges and the KPK so that it creates a blurring of their authority or there is an overlap of authority granted by the state creates a wrong perception, for example, the police as investigators feel they are authorized to carry out criminal investigations. corruption in addition to prosecutors and the KPK. The purpose of this study is to analyze the regulation of the authority of police investigators in conducting investigations into cases of criminal acts of corruption and what obstacles are faced by police investigators in conducting investigations into criminal acts of corruption. This research is a normative legal research type with a conceptual approach and a statutory approach. The legal sources used are secondary legal materials. The method of collecting legal material sources used in this study is the categorization of legal material sources. The legal materials that have been collected, then during the discussion will be processed and analyzed with legal interpretations and legal arguments, deductively then poured descriptively. The results of the study indicate that there is no cooperation in the form of legislation between police investigators and other law enforcement parties such as the Prosecutor's Office and the KPK, it is necessary to immediately establish a law that regulates clearly and in detail about the authority, cooperation and coordination in conducting criminal investigations. corruption, this needs to be done in order to be more effective and can be realized.

Developmental models of the carrion beetle Thanatophilus rugosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Coleoptera are currently considered a fundamental tool to help solve criminal investigations, allowing forensic entomologists to estimate post-mortem intervals and obtain other ecology-related information. Thanatophilus rugosus (Linnaeus, 1758) is an important necrophagous beetle distributed through most of the Palaearctic region, where it is readily found on human bodies and animal carcasses. In this study, the new thermal summation models for all the developmental stages of Thanatophilus rugosus are provided. Beetles were reared at six different constant and ecologically relevant temperatures (12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22 °C), and their developmental times were measured. Thermal summation constants were calculated for each developmental stage (egg, three larval instars, post-feeding stage, and pupa).

Commercial DNA tests and police investigations: a broad bioethical perspective

Over 30 million people worldwide have taken a commercial at-home DNA test, because they were interested in their genetic ancestry, disease predisposition or inherited traits. Yet, these consumer DNA data are also increasingly used for a very different purpose: to identify suspects in criminal investigations. By matching a suspect’s DNA with DNA from a suspect’s distant relatives who have taken a commercial at-home DNA test, law enforcement can zero in on a perpetrator. Such forensic use of consumer DNA data has been performed in over 200 criminal investigations. However, this practice of so-called investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) raises ethical concerns. In this paper, we aim to broaden the bioethical analysis on IGG by showing the limitations of an individual-based model. We discuss two concerns central in the debate: privacy and informed consent. However, we argue that IGG raises pressing ethical concerns that extend beyond these individual-focused issues. The very nature of the genetic information entails that relatives may also be affected by the individual customer’s choices. In this respect, we explore to what extent the ethical approach in the biomedical genetic context on consent and consequences for relatives can be helpful for the debate on IGG. We argue that an individual-based model has significant limitations in an IGG context. The ethical debate is further complicated by the international, transgenerational and commercial nature of IGG. We conclude that IGG should not only be approached as an individual but also—and perhaps primarily—as a collective issue.

Visual Argument Structure Tool (VAST)

We present the first version of the Visual Argument Structure Tool (VAST) which may be used for jointly visualizing the conceptual, logical and empirical relationships that structurally constitute arguments. The system incorporates some basic principles of structural equation modelling (SEM), but goes beyond SEM in important ways: It distinguishes between the features of objects and the names that may be used for those features. It also distinguishes several ways in which features may be related to one another (causation, conceptual implication, prediction, transformation, conclusion), and all of these from beliefs as to whether something IS the case and/or OUGHT to be the case. The system also accounts for multi-dimensionality, for different perspectives on the same issues, and allows for any degree of vagueness vs. precision deemed possible and/or necessary. The latter feature may make it particularly useful for visualizing narrative (“verbal”) components of argument structures, which are very common in the humanities but also in psychology. VAST may be used to increase the level of argument specification in these fields, which has been repeatedly called for. As for application, the system may be used to capture the structure of arguments in (e.g.) criminal investigations and media reports, but also of general worldviews and of debates. Visualizing argument structures this way is useful because it helps ensure comprehensiveness (i.e. any element and any combination of elements may be evaluated against all other elements), which facilitates the identification of contradictions, circularity, redundancy, and gaps that may otherwise be overlooked. It may also help improve on the accessibility of arguments to a wider audience.