The Criminal Investigation Process
Across
- 3. genetic material (such as hair, blood and saliva) that can be used to link a suspect with a crime scene or criminal offence, or to clear a suspect
- 4. information used to support facts in a legal investigation or admissible as testimony in court
- 6. a Latin term meaning ‘in the place’; used to describe the place in which a piece of evidence is found or situated
- 9. a statement issued by police to a suspect when they are detained to inform the suspect of their rights
- 10. the power to search a person and/or their possessions and to seize and detain items that are discovered
- 12. in bail, where another person agrees to provide a financial guarantee that the accused will return to the court for trial in exchange for the accused’s release until that date
- 13. a legal document issued by a magistrate or judge authorising an officer to perform a particular act, such as make an arrest, conduct a search, seize property or use a phone tap
- 15. to formally question a suspect in relation to an alleged crime
- 17. the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on particular conditions such as lodgement of a sum of money as a guarantee
Down
- 1. the act or process of questioning a suspect, carried out by the investigating officers
- 2. evidence that cannot be considered by a judge or jury in court (for example, confessions that were obtained by force)
- 5. a legal document that states when and where a person must appear in court and the charge to which they must answer
- 7. a legal document issued by a court, requiring a person to attend and give evidence and/or to produce specified documents to the court
- 8. to seize a person by legal authority and take them into custody
- 9. formal accusation of a person of committing a criminal offence
- 11. police carrying out research to discover evidence and examine the facts surrounding an alleged criminal incident
- 14. force such force as is reasonably necessary for the officer to perform the function; the officer must honestly believe that it was justified and not excessive
- 16. a period spent in custody awaiting trial