Last week we discussed the changing use of language in our media, movies and books, and how we have gone from only finding the word damn acceptable for public consumption, to anything goes after the watershed. This week I want to look at how the use of violence has changed. Both visual, in movies and […]
Writing Crime -Identifiying An Unknown Offender
In the last post, we talked about the identification process if you had an offender in custody and they were disputing it was them. But, what happens if you have a crime but don’t yet know who your offender is? How do you identify them and what are your options? There are a few and […]
Writing Crime – Identifying Your Offender After Interview…
It’s been a while since I posted one of these Writing Crime posts, my health deteriorated and I wasn’t able to keep up with the blog as much as I wanted to, as well as writing at the same time and I had to prioritise. I’m now in a place where I have the energy […]
Writing Crime – A Look Inside The Custody Suite
Back in December, I wrote a post about how you go about booking your offender into the custody suite and since then I’ve talked about interviewing them. What those posts probably don’t get across is what it’s really like inside a custody suite, so for that, I’ve found you a YouTube video from Greater Manchester […]
Writing Crime – Voluntary Interviews
We’ve previously discussed the matter of arresting a suspect for an offence (of murder) and interviewing them, but there is another option, and that is the voluntary interview. I have in the past been asked the following question; Circumstantial evidence to arrest – what can this be as little as? I get confused. At one […]
Writing Crime – Unreliable Witnesses
We’ve been to the scene of a crime and we’ve found a witness or two to take statements from. But… how reliable are your witnesses? In reality, very often, if you have several witnesses, there will be differences between their accounts. People focus on different aspects of the incident as they view it, as it […]
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