![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![Swanson, Criminal Investigation 8/e](/sites/dl/free/0072564938/title/Swanson_sm.jpg) Criminal Investigation, 8/e Charles R. Swanson,
University of Georgia Neil C. Chamelin,
Assistant State Attorney, Second Judicial Circuit Leonard Territo,
University of South Florida- Tampa
The Investigator and the Legal System
Chapter Objectives
1) Distinguish between detention, arrest, and charging. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 2) Explain the benefit of a police officer’s making an arrest under the authority of a warrant. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 3) Define and describe probable cause. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 4) Discuss the risk factors involved in making a premature arrest. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 5) Briefly outline the steps in a trial process. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 6) Assess the importance of a criminal investigator’s knowing the rules of evidence. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 7) Describe the hearsay rule and the philosophy under which the exception to this rule have evolved. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 8) Explain the reason for the existence of evidentiary privileges. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 9) Discuss the role of an investigator as a witness in a criminal trial. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 10) Explain the purpose of cross-examination. |
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