| Criminal Justice is an exciting field. One of the most | | | | cases that governmental organizations cannot help |
| beautiful things about the profession is that you have | | | | individuals with. The private investigator's role is to |
| many career choices. You have the option of not | | | | help these individuals. |
| being stuck doing the same thing your whole career. | | | | An example is an attorney preparing for a court case. |
| One of the choices you have is that of being a | | | | The private detective, as they are called sometimes, |
| Private Investigator. In this article, I will examine the | | | | can help this attorney gather and examine facts for |
| role of the Private Investigator (PI) in the Criminal | | | | the case. |
| Justice field. | | | | Another example is insurance company that suspects |
| To examine the role of the PI in the criminal justice | | | | someone of committing insurance fraud. This |
| field, we need to understand the meaning of the | | | | insurance company cannot simply accuse someone of |
| words Private Investigator. | | | | committing insurance fraud. When it suspects there is |
| The word private means alone. This means as an | | | | such insurance fraud, it will employ the services of a |
| investigator your work will involve working by | | | | private investigator to gather the facts to prove this |
| yourself or alone. You do not work with or work for | | | | suspicion. |
| a governmental organization or police group. | | | | The need for the private detective to work in |
| The word investigator means someone who does | | | | private is to allow him/her not to be detected by the |
| detailed examination and searches for the facts. | | | | people or person they are investigating. It must be |
| Facts are needed to support a point someone is | | | | pointed out that there are times a private detective |
| trying to make. Without these facts, the person may | | | | must work with other people. A PI working a case |
| not be able to prove their case beyond a reasonable | | | | that requires surveillance may require someone to |
| doubt. This is where the investigator comes in. The | | | | help setup and/or operate the surveillance equipment |
| investigator will help gather and examine the facts. | | | | s. |
| So to put them together, the private investigator | | | | As can be seen, the role the private investigator |
| works alone to help non governmental organizations | | | | plays in the criminal justice field is an important one. |
| or police groups gather information and examine this | | | | It's a profession people interested in this exciting field |
| information for the facts. There are simply personal | | | | should consider. |