1. POLICE SCIENCE NOTES.
- Subjects
LEGAL judgments ,ACTIONS & defenses (Administrative law) ,CIVIL procedure ,CRIMINAL justice system ,FIREARMS ,BALLISTICS - Abstract
This article focuses on various court cases and police investigation. In a case, the court of appeals of Alabama recently rendered an opinion which should be of considerable interest to those individuals who propose more extensive application of scientific methods in criminal investigations. Another case is related to decisions concerning the examination and identification of firearms. A decision involving firearms identification evidence was recently rendered by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. The thirty-sixth assignment of error is that the Judge erred in denying motions of the defendants to strike out certain testimony of Charles Van Amburgh, a ballistics expert called by the Commonwealth, respecting experiments made by him and his comparisons, and his photographs relating thereto. Another article focuses on institute for law enforcement officers. The Extension Division of the University of Michigan recently sponsored a brief course of instruction offered for the benefit of police officers.
- Published
- 1935