Security and Investigation industry
1-Relay the tactics used for theft by employees and discuss methods to investigate them.
An employee can engage in robberry depending on position, accessibility, and opportunity towards the criminality. The robbery may include; embezzlement, credit card fraud, merchandise swindles, receiving stolen goods, shoplifting, insurance fraud, among others. Concerning the tactics used may encompass, putting merchandise in concealed places, seizing from returned products and layaway, failing to write register sales, concealing thefts by writing false store records, stealing during early or even late store hours. Upon the investigation, the investigators should lay a procedure and question which should guide in criminal justice. For instance, upon the store clerk investigation, the investigator should put the following query into place. Whether the cash registers are kept closed after the transaction, the employees take look breaks or even lunches, proper taxes are charged in the purchase, the appropriate ranging of the sales, money deposit in the cash register, among others.
2-Discuss the most important aspects of report writing.
Under the criminal investigation report, writing is essential as it acts as a reference for any historical case. It enhances accuracy and assurance along with conditions of the criminality. Moreover, written reports are more significant since they promote professionalism and best practices in the criminal justice industry. Reports writing helps in improving desired productivity and efficiency in investigative operations.
3 Any investigative report should be objective and logical. Why?
In the investigation, the report should be logical such that it has the capability of following the right steps in fact-gathering along with the deductive reasoning concerning the criminal investigation. Moreover, the coherent report tends to bring order and sensible review of the facts, conditions, and occurrence of the events in a sequential manner. The investigator shall have the capability of collecting the information about “who, what, where, when, how, and why.”
4-What is non-verbal communication?
Non-verbal communication is stated to be a measure of human relations skills in any discussion. Non-verbal communications include body language expressions and the ability to use sensory perceptions, including smell, hearing, sight, taste, and touch. Regarding the criminal investigation, it consists of the discussions of ways of encouraging “under-talkers” in opening up as well as keeping the “over-talkers” not to dominate a conversation. In this case, the investigators tend to know whether the individual is telling the truth or a lie.