Suspect
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In law enforcement jargon, a suspect is a known person accused or suspected of committing a
A common error in police reports is a witness description of the suspect (as a witness generally describes a perpetrator, while a mug shot is of a suspect). Frequently it is stated that police are looking for the suspect, when there is no suspect; the police could be looking for a suspect, but they are surely looking for the perpetrator, and very often it is impossible to tell from such a police report whether there is a suspect or not.
Possibly because of the misuse of "suspect" to mean "perpetrator", police in the late 20th and early 21st century began to use person of interest, possible suspect, and even possible person of interest, to mean suspect.[citation needed]
Under the judicial systems of the U.S., once a decision is approved to
See also
- Arguido
- Criminal
References
Suspect Suspicious and Suspect.
- ^ "Word Court". Theatlantic.com. July 1997. Retrieved 2012-03-19.