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DiscussionForum1
Based on your opinion and your references, answer the following questions in your
thread:
What does criminal investigation mean to you?
Why are criminal investigations important?
What purposedo they serve?
Finally, apply at least 1 biblical passage to the conceptor practice of criminal
investigation.
Explain why you picked the passage and what it means to you.
DiscussionForum2
A convenience store is robbed by a white male approximately 21 years old who
was wearing a Liberty University baseball cap and t-shirt. The victim cashier’s
description is consistent with the store’s poorquality security camera image. The
store’s security camera image does not add or detract anything from the victim’s
statement.
Two days after the robbery, a local police officer observed a vehicle in the vicinity
of the convenience store which displayed a Liberty University student parking
sticker. The officer stopped the vehicle and asked the student to producea driver’s
license. The student’s physical description and clothing matched that of the robber.
The student claimed that he was shooting “hoops”alone on Liberty University's
campus at the time of the robbery. After identifying the driver as John Smith, the
patrol officer released the driver. A photograph of John Smith was obtained and
entered into a photo array that was shown to the victim cashier. The victim cashier
identified Smith as the robber.
Solely based on the fact pattern of this fictional incident, please provide an answer
and an explanation of your answer to the following question. Your answer must
not incorporate any additional information to the fact pattern, but it may

2. incorporate references to case law.
Do you believe law enforcement has probable cause to obtain an arrest warrant for
Smith?
DiscussionForum3
Based solely on the information contained in the article "Devastating Mix-up" in
the Reading & Study folder, answer the following questions in your thread:
 Did the police have probable cause to arrest Ayers?
 If they did have probable cause, should they have conducted the arrest?
 If you believe they should have waited to arrest Ayers, then explain what other
information you would have wanted to know prior to his arrest.
 Your explanation to this question must include statements pertaining to the
believed danger to the community Ayers would have posed if he was the robber.
DiscussionForum4
Research and discuss an investigation that went wrong and whether it was a poor
investigation and/or prosecutionresulting from an investigation. Examples are the
Duke Lacrossecase and the Richard Jewell Olympic bombing case. What went
wrong and why? What were the ramifications? What should have been done
differently?
DiscussionForum5
If you could pick 1 type of investigative field or specialty to work, what would it
be and why? Examples might be general investigations, narcotics, child abuse, sex
crimes, white collar, financial, corruption, property crimes, violent crimes,
terrorism, internal affairs, etc. How would you prepare for this job?
Tell us why this type of investigation is important (what is the problem?). Finally,
do you think investigators should specialize? Why or why not?
DiscussionForum6
Discuss whether or not law enforcement should utilize informants to establish
probable cause for search warrants. If so, then what weight should be given to their
information?

3. DiscussionForum7
 Did this course cause you to change your mind or opinion about anything related to
criminal investigations?
 What was it? Why or why not? Maybe something was reinforced. If so, explain.
 What was the most important thing you learned in this course(an "aha" moment)
and why?