SOC 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Community Policing, Trace Evidence, Combined Dna Index System
13 Oct 2016
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In larger cities there will be a different detective for each different type of crime. Informants will be put in place due to the fact that an undercover police officer would be put at too much risk to go into the situation. What dna stands for- deoxyribonucleic acid: replaces the fingerprint due to being much more specific- and with more sources as well. More and more common to have dna logged just for personal safety, without any criminal involvement. Dna samples can also prove people to be innocent, not just guilty. Dna and fingerprints are forms of trace evidence. Spit on a drinking glass that suspect drank out of during interrogation being collected for dna testing is legal. Codis- combined dna index system: registry of dna samples. 40-60% of police activity is a result of 911 calls or citizen requests. Response time has become the benchmark for police efficiency (what about performance though?)
