Criminology Reflection :: Criminology

Over the years I have been a faithful fan of anything aversion related the anatomy of a crime, from the crime itself, to the investigation, and finally the court for trial and sentencing. I enjoyed the movement. The internet became an interesting tool for me to learn all the different things I wanted to know about the theatre of operations of crime. I would see something in the media or on television but kept a neutral point of view about technology that was utilize on a program. Logically speaking, if a crime could be solved in 47 minutes and DNA results took weeks or months, not minutes to process than would it not make sense that real life crimes would be solved far quicker in the name of swift justice. This is the reason why I enjoy learning in a real world environment about different aspects of criminology. I must admit I did feel as though I had a good basic grasp of what forensic science is, but this class helped to put some missing pieces in place.thither were several areas that piqued my interest and made me want to learn more such(prenominal) as ethics, more importantly, the need to be ethical in the collection of evidence, bear on of evidence, and the testimony that is given in trial. The need to be ethical should be expected as part of a persons character, especially when presenting something that could express guilt or innocence, nave as that might sound. However, we live in the real world and someones ethical behavior can add up into question. For instance, a first responder who took pictures of a mangled car and a dead body, and suddenly it has gone viral, perhaps even making profit from the characterization or video (in this case it was just for sick humor). Dayna Kempson-Schacht had been in a deadly car accident, and a local firefighter had captured video of the victim, which eventually cease up on the internet, going viral, for the entire world to see. The parents eventually viewed to video of their daughters last moments. The f irefighter was heard saying Look at that piece of skull right there on the console. This type of behavior is unacceptable in the realm of public safety (Hayes, 2010). This extends to all aspects of criminal justice. Even cases such as O.J. Simpson (clich I know) have raised questions about the ethical behavior at the crime scene about how the evidence was collected and processed, not to conjure up possible racial bias and planting of evidence as a direct result.