Random Review

alleged phenomenon that involves jurors having inflated expectations about the use of forensic science technology in criminal trials due to their experience with often exaggerated media depictions of it, particularly those on TV crime dramas

• CSI Effect

• NCIS Effect

• Forensic Effect

peace officer with limited policing authority

• bobbies

• Bowstreet Runners

• Constable

• Texas Rangers

were the first professional police force, organized in London by magistrate and author Henry Fielding in 1749.

• Scotland Yard

• Texas Ranger

• Constable

• Bowstreet Runners

organized groups of men, usually authorized by a state, government, city, or society, to deter criminal activity and provide law enforcement as well as traditionally perform the services of public safety, fire watch, crime prevention, crime detection, and recovery of stolen goods.

• Watchmen

• Constables

• Texas Rangers

• bobbies

slang term for a member of London’s Metropolitan Police derived from the name of Sir Robert Peel, who established the force in 1829. Police officers in London are also known as “peelers” for the same reason.

• Bowstreet Runners

• Constables

• Texas Rangers

• bobby (bobbies)

headquarters of one of the oldest police forces in the world – London’s Metropolitan Police Service – known to Londoners as "the Met."

• Bowstreet Runner

• Watchmen

• Scotland Yard

• Constable

have been called one of the most effective investigative law enforcement agencies in the world.

• Watchmen

• Texas Ranger

• Constable

• Bowstreet Runner

term used to describe when investigators are focusing on one theory or suspect — but inadvertently blocking out other possibilities and evidence

• Tunnel Vision

• CSI Effect

• Kanas City Experiment

experiment found that the three experimental (preventative) patrol conditions appeared not to affect crime, service delivery and citizen feelings of security, but suggests that deployment strategies should be based on specific crime prevention and service goals

• CSI Effect

• Kanas City Experiment

• Effect Patrol Experiment