Frans Raff J.

Lopez September 14,2020

Bs. Crim 2-C Activity 1

1. Write at least 3 respective contribution of the following personality in the feild of

criminal investigation: Jonathan Wild, Henry Fielding, John Fielding, Dr. Edmond
Locard, Eugene “Francois” Vidocq and Robert Peel

2. Think of the words or ideas that associate with the word Investigation. (Give at
least 5) and  blend all the ideas to come with a brief definition of the word
Investigation. 
 

ANSWERS:

- Jonathan Wild

 He conceived the idea of charging a fee for locating and returning stolen
property to its rightful owners. (Manwong, 2004)

  His methods or techniques made popular the logic of EMPLOYING A

THIEF TO CATCH A THIEF. 

 Wild brought dozens of petty thieves and rogues to justice; a public

service that created for him the gratitude of the general public and the
authorities.

- Henry Fielding

 He formed a group of police officers attached to the Bow Street Court,

and not in uniform performing criminal investigative functions .

 He was founded the Bow Street Runners while he was the magistrate.

This was called London’s first professional police force (originally
numbered just eight) and was considered as the foundation of all
modern forces. 

 An English man who wrote a novel entitled “TOM JONES” and was
appointed as magistrate (sheriff) for the areas of Westminster and
Middle Age, London.

- John Fielding

 also introduced the practice of: developing informants, printing wanted

notices, employing criminal raids, and bearing firearms and handcuffs.
  known as the “Blind Beak” and allegedly abled to recognize 3,000
criminals by the sounds of their voices (Eduardo, 2008, Notes in Law
Enforcement Administration).

 Fielding sought to analyze and remove the causes of crime and

advocated a system of stipendiary magistrates that was adopted in
1792. 

-  Dr. Edmond Locard

 He formulated the basic principle of forensic science: “Every contact

leaves a trace”. This becoame known as “Locard’s Exchange
Principle” (eldridge, 2011).

 who was known for his system of identifying criminals based on their
body measurements.
 He identified the cause and location of soldiers’ deaths by analyzing
their uniforms.

- Eugene “Francois” Vidocq

 established a squad of ex-convicts to aid the Paris Police

in investigating crimes.
 He worked under the theory of “Set a thief to catch a
thief (Manwong, The Essentials of Criminal Investigation, 2004).

 He is credited, as the founder of La Surete, France’s National

Detective Organization and was considered as the Father of Modern
Criminology in the French Police Department.

- Robert Peel
 had greatly influence on the style of policing in almost all industrial
societies.

 His most memorable principle was, “the police are the public, and the
public are the police” (Eduardo, 2008, Notes in Law Enforcement
Adminstration.
 British statesman Sir Robert Peel established the London Metropolitan
Police Force (LMPF), which became the “World’s First Modern
Organized Police Force”.

Answer 2
 Seeking
 Clues
 Evidence
 Truth
 Assumption
These five words for me are associated with the word investigation,
in investigating the police or detective are seeking for evidences to
reveal the truth, clues are everywhere so the investigators can make
an assumption to what must have happened to a crime scene or to
what kind of law violation a human did.