Detective Essays

Perched on the counter facing the double French doors in the lobby, I watched Detective Smarts, Beachside Police, park his vehicle behind the police cruiser, and slowly step out of the car. During the summer months, sometimes the heat and humidity are almost unbearable. It was one of those days and the detective worked up a sweat walking the short distance to the front door. He wore dress slacks, the crease non-existent, and a short sleeves shirt, no tie. He didn’t appear to be in a good mood, but

The job of a homicide detective is to investigate cases dealing with murder. A homicide detective evaluates and manages the crime scene, documents the scene, processes the scene, analyzes the area, and suspects. Homicide detectives may need to talk to loved ones, examine and investigate horrid scenes, or work in horrible conditions. The responsibilities of a homicide detective are to gather any evidence at a homicide scene, interview all witnesses, insure everything is done within the scope of the

many detective fictions, there always been a companion by the side of the detectives. Sometimes, they act as the narrator, and shoulder the task of showing the detectives’ legendary deed of solving the case to the public. And at other times, they will act as the assistants to help the detectives do some investigation. Dupin and the narrator “I”, Holmes and Dr. Watson, Father Brown and his friend the once-bandit Flambeau, Poirot and his assistant Hasting, the list of the combination of detective and

Di Renjie, a Detective in Tang Dynasty, is like his modern western equivalent, Sherlock Holmes. Detective Dee was good at solving unusual and weird cases. This story is about Detective Dee who was in jail for eight years because he does not agree Empress Wu Zetian to become the emperor. The imperial court occurred a strange bizarre death case and Empress Wu Zetian had to use Detective Dee again to solve the case. This confusing case gives people a lot of interest to watch. This movie get a lot of

This research paper will talk about detective fiction as a genre in literature and its development throughout the centuries. Detective fiction basically deals with crime and finding out who did the crime followed by the facing of repercussions by the offender. This theme of crimes and sins has been prevalent since the beginning as we could see it in Biblical tales of Cain and Abel as well as Adam and Eve. In both these tales, a “crime” is committed and then the consequences are faced by them. In

As a anti-detective fiction, Mumbo Jumbo, is no doubt has its own detective character. Let’s first observe Reed’s detective from his appearance. “He is a familiar sight in Harlem, wearing his frock coat, opera hat, smoked glasses and carrying a cane”(Reed, Mumbo Jumbo 24). If only Papa Labas holds a pipe, we will no doubt identify him as a caricature of Sherlock Holmes. By dressing Labas in an out-dated iconic Victorian clothing style, Reed intentionally mimics Sherlock Holmes’ appearance. Although

Research Paper Is Detective fiction exciting? Does Gothic fiction sound interesting? An American author named Edgar Allan Poe shaped and molded those two genres. In fact, Poe fathered the Detective genre, and many modern authors still utilize his writing style. His terrifying works of Gothic fiction affected the modern “realm of horror” from novels to movies, traces of Poe’s style still lurk about. Poe’s life inspired him to write the way he did in ways that also inspired others. Edgar Allan Poe’s

The detective novel gained popularity during the 1930s due to its conventional plot and heroic characters that most people enjoyed as an escape from the pains of everyday life. As Americans were living in poverty, they wanted to see a well-off version of themselves, “a working-man hero especially suited to the industrial city.” Detective stories provided that hero. The detective, being pitched “against intractable sources of corruption...tended to convey a populist anger at the abuses of the wealthy

the detective as a lone avenger. Finally, there’s an emphasis on macho action and explicit violence, with no room for a woman. All four characteristics are in my view essential to the genre, but can a woman be just as hard core? Hard-boiled is the expression most often used to refer to Raymond Chandler 's 1930’s private eye, Philip Marlowe in “Farewell, My Lovely.” So as time passes by, hard-boiled detective stories shift and one is given the

Today I will be analyzing all three versions of The Maltese Falcon film’s the scene I’ve chosen to review the scene where Spade is visited and questioned by police detectives Lt. Dundy and Sergeant Tom Polhaus. Although the films are based on the same novel The Maltese Falcon (1930), they differ in many ways I’ll use the scene I mentioned above to show the differences in mood, setting, the behavior and attitude of the main characters in this scene. The second thing I’ll do is show how breaking down

series of novels by Craig Rusell the British short story writer and novelist. The debut novel of the ongoing Jan Fabel series was Blood Eagle that was published in 2005. The series of novels are generally classified as mystery/detective thrillers. Jan Fabel is a modern day detective that tanks as Principal Chief Commissar known as Kriminalhauptkommisar in German. As Commissar he heads the Murders Squad (Mordkommission) of the Hamburg Metropolitan Police. Fabel studied history before he trained as a police

was a dark and stormy night. In The small village of the hidden leaf when the body of local merchant, Peter Gill, was found in his office. The cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the head and the police were quick to label it as a murder. Detective Sarah Brown was assigned to the case, and she quickly set to work trying to piece together the events leading up to the murder. She interviewed everyone who had had any contact with Peter in the days leading up to his death, but no one had any information

Joseph Oda is introduced as a detective colleague to long-time partner, Sebastian Castellanos, and rookie detective, Juli Kidman. He’s an efficient and hard worker; Oscar often finds him staying late in his office late after work hours. Sebastian deems him trustworthy and dedicated to his work. But he can be careless at times; jumping into action before thinking things through. This often leads to Sebastian needing to save him; “Sebastian, I am not a ‘damsel in distress’; now put me down dammit!”

True Detective is a TV series which deals with many social problems in addition to the personal ones. The series is somehow based on the issue of morality both of the society and of the characters themselves. The relations between three characters of the series, Rust, Marty and Maggie, give the most concrete examples of this issue of morality. It can be said that there is a moral ambiguity in True Detective in relation to the things the characters have done. Thus, it is possible to examine this point

did not kill him. Another reason in the end part of the story why I found Mary interesting was when she offered the police detectives the leg of lamb that she killed her husband with. “Why don’t you eat up that lamb that’s in the oven. It’ll be cooked just right by now”. This show also that Mary is turning to not think that she killed her husband. When the police detectives are eating their leg of lamb on of them says “Probably right under our very noses. What you think, Jack?”, and it is really

informational interview, I chose to interview a retired Homicide Detective name Shaun Donelson who is currently now a supervisor for detectives. I interview him because he worked in the field I want to pursue after receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice. After the interview I realized becoming a Homicide Detective is not an easy path to go on there are requirements to follow. The minimum requirements to become a homicide detective is a Bachelor’s Degree and experience as a sworn law enforcement

How Is Chemistry utilized in the Criminal Justice Field Forensics Detective...A legal examiner that works with police divisions to understand violations. Another name for forensic detective is either a forensics scientists or forensics investigator.The principal thing that a forensics examiner does at a crime scene is to make a portrayal of the scene, including the casualties, evidence, and whatever else pivotal to the set-up. This procedure requires the examiner to determine what the crime was

The detective story usually places its characters into an old house, a mansion, and the feeling of claustrophobia and mystery arises from darkness, shadows, stormy weather and light strange reflections. Atmosphere of Gothic suspense came from the threatening feeling or fear enhanced by the unknown. At times, characters did not know their ancestors and could not say where they came from (Day 1985: 123). Undoubtedly, an atmosphere of mystery and suspense is present in both kinds of productions. Works

A sense of trepidation hit Tom again as Lila's teasing comment reverberated in his ears, however the Detective wasn't a superstitious man, and he swiftly put it down to the coincidence that she'd just expressed what he'd earlier been thinking. Or had he projected it by his own description, without consciously being aware he was doing so? Whatever the case, the feeling passed as they got down to business. The real victims. He remained silent, except for the sounds of chewing, and carefully watched

Gang rivalries always string along much more than just a bitter rivalry and some tension. For the Gresers and Socs, it led to murder. For these two gangs the root of their rivalry is their social and economic differences. The Greasers are East side lower class kids who grease up their hair and the Socs are high class stuck ups from nice neighborhoods. The Greasers despite being thought of as ruthless criminals have a unique sense of loyalty among themselves. Empathy is also key to the