Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter you will be able to:

  • Discuss the Lindbergh baby kidnapping investigation, identify the critical evidence in the case, and  explain how the perpetrator was eventually identified.
  • Evaluate the role of informers, thief-takers, and thief-makers in England in the 1700s and 1800s.
  • Explain how the designers of the detective position accounted for the problems associated with informers, thief-takers, and thief-makers.
  • Evaluate the role and function of detectives during the political, reform, and community problem-solving eras.
  • Compare the limitations of photography and Bertillonage as methods of identification and discuss the  strengths of fingerprints in this respect.
  • Define the tactics of the third degree and the dragnet.
  • Discuss the creation and development of the FBI and its role in advancing the methods of investigation.
  • Identify the investigative strategies consistent with community policing.