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Special Crime Investigation Terminologies

This document defines various key terminologies used in special crime investigations. It includes terms like latent print lift log, criminal investigator, homicide investigation, necropsy report, recording notes, different types of wounds like contusion, abrasion, hematoma, incised wounds, stab wounds, punctured wounds, and lacerated declaration. It also defines dying declaration, battered child syndrome, child abuse, child pornography, domestic abuse, mushroom factor, pedophilia, and ambush.

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Special Crime Investigation Terminologies

This document defines various key terminologies used in special crime investigations. It includes terms like latent print lift log, criminal investigator, homicide investigation, necropsy report, recording notes, different types of wounds like contusion, abrasion, hematoma, incised wounds, stab wounds, punctured wounds, and lacerated declaration. It also defines dying declaration, battered child syndrome, child abuse, child pornography, domestic abuse, mushroom factor, pedophilia, and ambush.

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TERMINOLOGIES IN SPECIAL CRIME INVESTIGATION

1. Latent print lift log- documentation of the recognition, collection and marking and packaging
of lift made of latent print discovered at the scene.
2. Criminal investigator- a person who is in charge with the duty of carrying out the objectives
of criminal investigation.
3. Homicide investigation- it is the official inquiry made by the police on the facts and
circumstances surrounding the death of the person which is expected to be criminal or
unlawful.
4. Necropsy report- it is a document stating the cause of death of victim.
5. Recording notes- notes that are gathered in chronological order corresponding to the
investigative steps or receipt of the information.
6. Contusion- an injury found in the substance if the skin, discoloration of the surface due to
the extravasations of blood. This is due to the application of blunt instrument.
7. Abrasion- an injury characterized by the removable of the superficial epithelial layer of the
skin brought about by the friction against a hard rough surface.
8. Hematoma- this is the extravasations of blood in the newly formed cavity.
9. Incised wounds- this is produced by forcible contact on the body by sharp edged instrument
like bolos, knives, axe, broken glass or sharp edge of oyster.
10. Stab wounds- this is produced by the application of a sharp instrument which is edge and
sharp pointed.
11. Punctured wounds- this is produced by sharp pointed instrument like ice picks, nails pins,
etc.
12. Lacerated declaration- made by the tearing of the skin due to forcible contact a blunt
instrument.
13. Dying declaration- made by the person under a consciousness or an impending death
regarding the cause and surrounding of the injury which subsequently produces his death.
14. Battered child syndrome- the clinical term commonly used to describe physically abused
children.
15. Child abuse- it is an act that endangers or impairs a child emotional health and
development.
16. Child pornography- the sexual explicit reproduction of a child’s image, including sexually
explicit photographs, negatives, slides, magazines, movies, videographer and computer
disks.
17. Domestic abuse- the form of a conflict between married persons, the abuse may be directed
towards children.
18. Mushroom factor- diligent investigation of child molester likely to lead to exposure of a
network of paedophiles.
19. Pedophilia (chicken hawks) - it is sexual perversion in which children are the preferred
sexual object.
20. Ambush- it is the least planned of all and is based on the element of surprise.

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