Review Of ' The Hound Of Baskerville '

Investigators can find clues from a murder through a number of different ways. Typically they find out how many times

Criminal investigation is crucial to the solving of crimes. Investigators also known as detectives, discover, prepare, identify and present the evidence. In many cases, the first responders and first on the scene officers, are the primary source to secure the crime scene (Schmalleger, 2015).

Sherlock Holmes novels are the face of mystery, featuring literature’s greatest detective, but one might ask, how does The Hound of the Baskervilles fit into the genre’s common conventions? Mystery being a sub genre of genre fiction novels, it has many common conventions found throughout the majority of the novels. In the average mystery, the plot focuses around a crime, commonly a murder or a robbery, in which the culprit must be found by the protagonist. The crime in Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles is that Sir Charles Baskerville has been murdered, or frightened to the point of death. Generally the protagonist who solves the mystery, has a dominant character flaw and/or defining characteristic which aids them in cracking

One of the first steps in finding out whom the suspect is, is by obtaining and evaluating factual information. You must obtain as much information on the offense as you can.For instance, Harry Franks, a money-order collector, had just walked out of the Cute-Rate store in Fairmount where he was attacked by two guys. These two attackers had thrown acid in Mr. Franks face, beat him and then executed him with a gun. A third attacker pulled up to the side of the curb in a green car in which the other two attackers got into and all three attackers drove off. Information on the

In Criminal Justice, there are many different detectives with many different qualities. So how do you know what it takes for a detective to be successful? What traits and qualities make a good detective? Today, two very popular detectives will be compared, Sherlock Holmes and Nancy Drew. These investigators are being “investigated” in one of their most popular novels, The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene and The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Both of these novels have very good sleuths, with many similar and contrasting qualities. Let’s follow the clues in these books to figure out the qualities of these good detectives and what qualities will take most detectives down the path of success.

When a crime has been reported, the responding officer and/or detective have to note the dispatch information such as address/location, time, date, type of call, parties involved. The officer(s)/detective(s) have to be observant when approaching, entering and exiting a crime scene such as look, listen and smell.

Solving a crime is difficult for detectives. Homicides are even harder cases to solve, the only person that can really tell what happened is dead. So many people are afraid to step up as witnesses, they fear their life would be in jeopardy for helping the detectives. For homicide detectives, the first forty-eight hours is the most critical part for solving a case. After that, the probability of solving the case reduces by fifty percent. Each passing hour gives suspects more time to get away, witnesses more time to forget what they saw, and crucial evidence more time to be lost forever. There are several steps to take in solving a homicide.

In 21st century London, a city filled with mystery, crime and deceits. The black streets are full with robbers, blackmailers, and serial killers. When the policy are desperate with the case, they called the famous detective, Sherlock, for help. A retired solider, John Watson, end up to live with Sherlock. Sherlock keeps human body part in the refrigerator, has an ambiguous addiction, and he uses his kitchen as a lab. After a while, John Watson gets norm to all the special behaviors and habits that Sherlock has, and became an assistant for Sherlock to solving the case.

The other great convention of the detective fiction was the introduction of the criminal who turn out to be a person who has already been introduced in the story. The criminal was an unexpected character who has not been mentioned in the episode, a taxi driver. However, he did appear in the episode when the victims called the taxi to reach their destination, but still we didn’t saw his face at that time. The other time when he got mentioned was when Sherlock contacted the murderer by Mr. Watson’s phone but mistaken him to be a passenger, not the cab driver. Besides this, the unexpected feature contributed to the suspense which made the movie more interesting and suspicious. The last convention of the detective fiction was that, how detective

In TV dramas involving forensic science, crime scene investigators collect and analyze evidence, interview suspects, and then usually solve the crime in an hour or so. While police and prosecutors know that doing it that quickly is unrealistic, they are concerned that the viewers

Solutions must be made reasonable so the readers will not be baffled by the outcome. The solution needs to be reasonable so readers can come up with the same conclusion as the detective did with the information that was given throughout the story. Clues must also relate to the solution, so readers can connect the dots as to what happened.

Every mystery and caper that Sherlock Holmes solved he credited it to deduction or elementary logic. However McGrath notes that

When someone mentions the occupation of detective, a single image usually comes to mind, a man wearing a cape and deerstalker, holding a magnifying glass and smoking a pipe. This entire image can be contributed to one character: Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is considered by many to be the greatest detective to ever exist, even if he only exists in the pages of books and on movie and television screens. It is impossible to escape the influence of Holmes. Countless references are made to him in all types of media and he is used as an inspiration to may more fictional characters we have all grown to love. The cultural impact of Sherlock Holmes has spread to more than just fiction; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s

Nowadays, nearly all serious crimes are solved with the help of one or more police investigators, police officers, witness testimonies, and the help of psychological profilers and forensics.

A question that is often debated is that of what makes a good story. In the 1800s, Edgar Allan Poe created one list of rules that he think make a good detective story. These include requirements such as "clues must be present to allow the reader to solve the crime" and "a detective with strong intuitive skills" (Class Handout). Two mystery tales that attempted to follow these rules are Poe's own short story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and a movie, The Bone Collector. According to these guidelines, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a better mystery story than The Bone Collector because of the detective's strong but reasonable intuitive skills and the fair clues that are given to the reader.