Conclusion of the stages of the investigation process

These 11 stages are used in a certain order to ensure that a crime can be investigated properly and correctly. These stages are set out in a certain order because they follow on to each other one by one and this allows the investigation to flow without them having to do side steps or go through different steps. It is set out in a certain order so that it is like a plan they must follow and by following the plan the investigation becomes more organised. Most of the stages are for collecting as much evidence and links as possible and also analysing the information. The first stage is the initial response this starts of the investigation because it is the signal someone gives to the police to start the search for evidence and information. Then from this it flows through to investigating the scene, questioning witnesses and finding information. If then flows into making links with people and seeing if any patterns can be identified. It then goes through to finally making a prosecution to someone and taking the evidence to court. The most significant stages are the initial response, the gathering and analysing facts and the presentation of evidence in court. The initial response is significant because it starts of the criminal investigation and without this stage, none of the other stages would occur. The next most significant stage is gathering and analysing the facts, in this stage it is were an overall analysis is made of all the evidence and information collected throughout other stages. This overall analysis can enable the criminal to be found out.  The final stage is significant as it rounds up the whole investigation and once the evidence is given to court the right criminal would be prosecuted. All of the stages have a part of significance in the investigation because they all follow in order to find out the criminal who is guilty of committing the crime.

in my case, the prelimary investigation was one of the most important where most information was gathered because this is where is was all over the media which sparked an investigation into Huntley because of his involvement in the search, this lead on to the previous allegations about him being discovered which helped to link him to the case.  another really important stage was the identifying patterns and links because this is also where links between his past and then him being a caretaker at the school and his relationship with maxine carr who was the girls teacher was created and patterns began to form which followed on to finding all the evidence which led to in being presented in court which was again an important stage because this is where Huntley and Carr where charged and sent to prison however every stage played a part in the investigation and brought something to the nvestigation which resulted in the case being solved in 13 days.