crime detection
Solving illegal acts
Crime detection is the process of discovering that crimes have occurred and identifying who committed them.
The term covers investigative methods from fingerprint analysis to surveillance to forensic accounting.
The DNA evidence revolutionized crime detection in the 1990s.
Detection often pairs with prevention in discussions of policing strategy.
- CCTV monitoringWatching via security cameras
- body cam footageWearable camera recording
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- fingerprint analysisIdentifying people by digit patterns
- wiretappingCovert phone surveillance
lineup identification · witness interviews · tip line · psychological profiling · undercover operations · DNA profiling · blood spatter · digital forensics · paper trail · GPS tracking · stakeouts · pattern recognition · red flags · evidence collection · toxicology reports · smoking gun · forensic accounting · drone surveillance
crime detectioncrime prevention
Stopping offenses before occurrence
punishment · predictive policing · criminal sentencing · incarceration · rehabilitation
crime detectioncover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
obstruction of justice · evidence tampering · money laundering · witness intimidation · getting away with it
crime detectioncrime prevention
Stopping offenses before occurrence
early intervention · community policing · predictive policing
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