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The Investigative Function

Fictional accounts of detectives are overly dramatized
Detectives are experiences civil servants who are knowledgeable about criminal procedure
The detective function is deployed in numerous ways

How do Detectives detect?

Sting Operations

An undercover police operation in which police pose as criminals to trap law violators
Vice squads are police officers assigned to enforce morality-based laws like prostitution, gambling and pornography
Increased potential for entrapment

Evaluating Investigations

Improving investigations with technology

Improving investigations with Forensic Science

The CSI Effect

DNA Demands

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