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1. Accused is a person who has been formally charged by the prosecutor with a crime
within the jurisdiction of the tribunal
2. Admission is a statement of facts not directly constituting an acknowledgement of guilt.
3. Anonymous informants - those refuse to divulge their identity
4. Arrest- the taking of a person into custody in order that he may be bound to answer for
the commission of an offense.
5. Associate Evidence or Corroborative Evidence is additional evidence of a different
character to the same point (in issue).
6. Bad cop/good cop technique – one cop plays tough and intimidating while the other
plays soft and accommodating
7. Bugging - is the act of concealing a miniature microphone in (a room or telephone) in order to eavesdrop
on or record some one's conversations secretly
8. Burned - when an investigator has been exposed.
9. Close up – shots indicating one specific evidence with ruler or measuring device placed
alongside the evidence
10. Cognitive interview technique – in this approach, the interrogator carefully examines the
body-language of the suspect in relation to his answers
11. Confession is an express acknowledgement by the accused in a criminal prosecution of
the truth of his guilt as to the offense charge.
12. Corpus Delicti is a latin word for the body of crime, used to describe the physical or
material evidence that a crime has been committed.
13. Confidential informants - identity shall not be revealed
14. Convoy - is the term applied to an associate of the subject who attempts to detect
surveillance
15. Cover - device or stratagem by which the selected investigator conceals his identity and
his relationship with the investigating agency
16. Corroborative evidence - additional evidence of a different kind and character tending
to prove the same point as that of previously offered evidence
17. Offense - an act or omission in violation of the Special Penal Laws.
18. Common or Ordinary Informer - openly give information but expects something in
return
19. Confidential Informer - identity shall not be divulge and expects compensation
investigator should know many people and develop people of importance their
development lies in the hand of the investigator
20. Crime Scene is venue or place where crime has been committed.
21. Criminal is a person who has pronounced conviction or judgment of the offense
committed coming from the court.
22. Criminal Investigation is the collection of facts in order to accomplish the three (3) fold
aims: to identify the guilty party; to locate the guilty party; and to provide evidence of
his (suspect) guilt.
23. Criminal Investigator is a public safety officer who is tasked to conduct the investigation
of all criminal cases
24. Cumulative evidence - additional evidence of the same kind bearing on the same point.
Testimony repetitive of testimony given earlier.
25. Cut-Out - person or device interposed between two persons or groups in order to
provide communications
26. Detection – is the fact of discovery. It is the chance event which triggers the operation of
our criminal justice system.
27. Deceitful Witness - he is permitted to lie and record it and inform the witness of perjury
of his lies.
28. Deposition - in Criminal Investigation,is a formal written statement, made for example by
a witness to a crime or by the perpetrator of a crime.
29. Disinterested Type – indifferent persons must be aroused.
30. Double Strip Search Method- The rectangle is traversed first parallel to the base then
parallel to a side.
31. Drunken Type - flattery will encourage the drunk to answer; not advisable to take
written statement.
32. Entrapment - ways and means are resorted for the purpose of trapping and capturing
the law breaker during the execution of a criminal act.
33. Eavesdropping - is secretly or stealthily listening to the private conversation of others without their
consent.
34. Eye-witness Testimony is the judicial or direct narration of facts by the person or
persons who really witnessed how the crime was committed by the suspect(s).
35. Felony - an act or omission in violation of the Revised Penal Code
36. Finished sketch– based on the rough sketch but finalized in the office.
37. Forceful personality – the interviewer may induce trust and confidence by the strength
of his character.
38. Future deterrence of Offenders- The identification and punishment of a criminal
offender will hopefully deter him from other misconduct in the future.
39. Ibid - is a latin word, it is the short for ibidem. It means in the same place.
40. Informant is a person who gives information without expectation of reward.
41. Information a data gathered by the investigator from other persons including the victim
himself/herself and from public record, private records and modus operandi files (style
or mode of operation)
42. Intent – is the accomplishment of the act and where it is an element in the commission
of an offense, it must always be proved.
43. Intellectual approach - in this method of interrogation, the questioning is characterized
with frankness and matter-of-fact accusations.
44. Interview is a simple inquiry/conversation type elicitation of information from a willing
victim(s), witness (es) relevant to a certain crime/incident/event under investigation.
45. Interrogation is the skillful questioning of a hostile witness (es) and suspect(s)
46. Investigare - is a Latin word which means to track or trace by footprint and to study or
examine closely.
47. Investigation is the process of inquiring, eliciting, soliciting and getting vital information,
facts, circumstances in order to establish the truth.
48. Involuntary informants – those who do not desire or do not what to
49. Instrumentality means or implement used in the commission of the crime.
50. Know-Nothing Type – reluctant to become witness; remedy is extensive warm-up
fallowed by persistent questioning.
51. Long range – showing the scene with a prominent landmark at the background to
indicate its general location.
52. Mala Prohibita/Malum Prohibitum- the act is wrong because there is a law punishing it.
53. Malum in se /Mala in se – the act is inherently evil or bad or per se wrongful.
54. Medium range – shots highlighting a spot appearing in the long range shot.
55. Misdemeanor - a minor infraction of law such as violation of an ordinance.
56. Modus Operandi file refers to information gathered from a CCTV camera, witnesses, and
arrested suspect/s, and from Police and other law enforcement files.
57. Motive is a reason or cause why a person or group of persons will perpetrate a crime.
58. Mug Shot is a photographic portrait taken after one is arrested.
59. Offense - an act or omission in violation of the Special Penal Laws.
60. Opportunity consists of the acts of omission and/or commission by a person (the victim)
which enables another person or group of persons (the criminal/s) to perpetrate the
crime
61. Police Blotter is an 18” x 12” logbook with hard-bound cover that contains the daily
register of all crime incident reports, official summary of arrests, and other significant
events reported in a police station.
62. Police Operation is a lawful clandestine intelligence and detective networking to gather
information and evidences to determine with certainty the commission of a crime, the
identity of the perpetrato
63. Preliminary Investigation – the early of initial stage of the investigation immediately
after the occurrence of the crime.
64. Primary Crime Scene – the place where the crime was committed.
65. Public records refer to information gathered from records and files of the Police, other
law enforcement agencies, Company records, Public Hospital records and others.
66. Primary evidence - that which the law regards as affording the greatest certainty
67. Private records refer to information gathered from cultivated sources such as paid
informants, bartenders, taxi drivers, and vendors and from the internet
68. Pseudo Crime Scene – a crime scene staged to mislead, cover-up, or conceal what really
happened.
69. Rapport – good relationship between interviewer and the subject.
70. Reflective Interview Technique (Mirror technique) – in this approach, the investigator
presents a psychological mirror to the suspect and reverse the situation by making him
understand the feelings of the victim
71. Rouges Gallery is a police collection of pictures or photographs of criminals and suspects
kept for identification purposes.
72. Rough sketch – taken at the field.
73. Search- an examination of an individual’s person, house, papers or effects, or other
buildings and premises to discover contrabands or some evidence of guilt to be used in
the prosecution of a criminal action.
74. search warrant- an order in writing issued in the name of the People of the Philippines,
signed by a judge and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to search for
personal property described therein and bring it before the court.
75. Secondary Crime Scene – the place where the crime was continued.
76. Seizure- the confiscation of personal property by virtue of a search warrant issued for
the purpose.
77. Serial killer is someone who murders 3 or more people with “cooling off “periods in
between.
78. Sit On - conduct a stakeout or stationary surveillance.
79. Sketch is a rough drawing or painting, often made to assist in making more finished
80. Souvenir – part of the crime scene which the suspect intentionally took as a
remembrance, such as the underwear of a rape victim.
81. Special informants - who without concealment supply information
82. Spiral Search Method -the three searchers follow each other along the path of a spiral,
beginning on the outside and spiraling in toward the center.
83. Stakeout - is a form of close surveillance which a particular action is expected to occur
or which a wanted suspect is expected to appear.
84. Stationary Surveillance- the continuous watching from one or more fixed points
85. Strip Search Method - the three (3) Searchers A, B, and C, proceed slowly at the same
pace along paths parallel to one side of the rectangle.
86. Subject - a person, place or thing under surveillance
87. Surveillance- secretive and continuous watching of persons, vehicles and places or
objects to obtain information concerning the activities and identities of individuals
88. Surveillant - ‘shadow” or “tail”, is a person who performs or maintains surveillance
89. Sympathetic approach – best used for sensitive suspects who commit crimes because of
fits of jealousy or emotions.
90. Tail - to conduct a moving surveillance.
91. Trace - means to find or discover by investigation.
92. Trace evidence – minute evidence found at the crime scene which places the suspect on
scene such as fingerprints, shoe imprints
93. Trophy – part of the body of the victim which the suspect intentionally took as a
memento, such as the pubic hairs of the rape victim
94. Undercover work - disguises and pretext cover and deception are used to gain the
confidence of criminal suspects
95. Venue/the locality where a crime is committed or a cause of action occurs. In law, the
jurisdiction where trial will be held.
96. Volunteer informants - knowingly give information
97. Warrant of Arrest- an order in writing issued in the name of the People of the
Philippines, signed by a judge and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to arrest
a person and bring him before the court.
98. Wheel Search Method- the area is considered to be approximately circular. The
searchers gather at the center and proceed outward along radii or spokes.
99. Wiretapping - is the practice of connecting a listening device to a telephone line to monitor conversations
secretly.
100. Zone Search Method -one searcher is assigned to each subdivision of a quadrant,
and then each quadrant is cut into another set of quadrants.