The Criminal Investigation Process

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Across
  1. 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
  2. 4. information used to support facts in a legal investigation or admissible as testimony in court
  3. 6. a Latin term meaning ‘in the place’; used to describe the place in which a piece of evidence is found or situated
  4. 9. a statement issued by police to a suspect when they are detained to inform the suspect of their rights
  5. 10. the power to search a person and/or their possessions and to seize and detain items that are discovered
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 15. to formally question a suspect in relation to an alleged crime
  9. 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. 1. the act or process of questioning a suspect, carried out by the investigating officers
  2. 2. evidence that cannot be considered by a judge or jury in court (for example, confessions that were obtained by force)
  3. 5. a legal document that states when and where a person must appear in court and the charge to which they must answer
  4. 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
  5. 8. to seize a person by legal authority and take them into custody
  6. 9. formal accusation of a person of committing a criminal offence
  7. 11. police carrying out research to discover evidence and examine the facts surrounding an alleged criminal incident
  8. 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
  9. 16. a period spent in custody awaiting trial