CC202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Arthur Conan Doyle, Malice Aforethought, Voluntary Manslaughter
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Murder: there are about 650 murders in canada per year, this is declining and police budgets are being cut, arthur conan doyle opened his own practice and created sherlock holmes. Holmes was incredibly smart and observed all the details, which made him such a great detective. He was the first to introduce forensics: modern approach doesn"t have one main detective, there"s a team. This became important since toronto"s solve rate was low. With a team, there"s a much better chance for the crime to be solved. This is a much faster process: forms of murder, first-degree murder: this murder is deliberate and planned. When arriving at the crime scene look for the murder weapon, first entry, the way he/she was murdered, the motive, questioning the witnesses, why the murderer committed the crime. Dan comes home to find his wife in bed with victor. At a stoplight the next day, dan sees victor riding in the passenger seat of a car.
