Should all crime investigations be public?

I'm of the opinion,investigations should be made Public. In Swati's case, the madras high Court  was not happy with the Chennai police.the Chennai police was warned for slackness. And ordered to find the killer within two days. If the investigations are not made public, Politicians will influence the investigations and see the real culprits escape.

If investigation is made public then there is a probability that the accused will become conscious. It will become difficult for the police to nab the criminal. There should be some amount of secrecy if not fully. 

Of Curse,There is a chance, the accused will try to cover up. But, the present investigative procedures will investigate  from all the angles, even the accused try to cover his tracks. There are several cases where in the accused is arrested first and continue further investigation until the Court proves the culprit's involvement in the crime. In Swati's case, the culprit declared that he was innocent. But the investigation Team arrested him and sent him to Judicial custody. That's why Madras High Court warned the Police for its slackness.

 Further, Public investigation will serve as a warning to all those perpetrators of such heinous Crimes will not be spared and nobody is above the Law.

Shampa Sadhya wrote:

If investigation is made public then there is a probability that the accused will become conscious. It will become difficult for the police to nab the criminal. There should be some amount of secrecy if not fully.

yes, very true if the culprit will know how the police or the officials are investigating for him then it will become very difficult for the officials to catch him. so i think there should some privacy related to the criminal cases and after the criminal got caught the media can show whatever they want to show to get their TRP. 

It is not just the circumstances, evidences etc. around the case that is revealed to the public when the details are made known publicly, but a sort of public trial is also carried out by the public of the accused. Unless and until proven, an accused or a suspect cannot be called as guilty of committing a crime, but it seen very often that when a trial is conducted by the media publicly, the accused are labeled as being guilty, which is not good for any society and the families of the accused too suffer degradation at the hands of the society. That is why, I am against such revelations in the public.

Media trial is the culmination of the public trial done by individuals.

Crime investigations should be made public. so that Public knows the real perpetrators of crime. It also serves as a warning signal to the criminals saying that no body is above the law.

Public helps to keep investigations in check and on course.

Public will be more cautious. Especially women, who think twice before stepping out.

vijay wrote:

Public helps to keep investigations in check and on course.

Does it always remain that straight? Isn't there a danger of the innocent ones getting incarcerated??

In the long run yes. Can you give an example of an innocent incarcerated.

The families of the accused and suspected are often the ones who are incarcerated.

I am not aware of such incarceration but if it happens it is not proper and should not take place.

vijay wrote:

I am not aware of such incarceration but if it happens it is not proper and should not take place.

It does happen, especially when such trials are made public and much hyped in the media. The way some people may perceive is that the entire family should be made to pay for crimes of one person and may be the spouse of that person can be held responsible to some extent, I don't know, depends on how one perceives it, but children do not deserve it. And yet, it has happened several times that the children and the wife of the family is cast away by the society and treated as outlaws. It happens all the time.

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

The families of the accused and suspected are often the ones who are incarcerated.

this is very common if one of the family members does something wrong then more than the culprit the family person has to face the humiliation by the people as well as the media. 

@kalyani you are right the sins of a family member do result in other family members getting negatively affected. It is a reality they have to live with. Unfortunate but that is the way society is.

Public exposure of investigations is okay. But continuous reporting of investigations that are not yet complete will be counter productive. There is need for secrecy and promptitude during process of investigations. Besides, there is need for secrecy and maintaining confidentiality in such cases. 

Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:

Public exposure of investigations is okay. But continuous reporting of investigations that are not yet complete will be counter productive. There is need for secrecy and promptitude during process of investigations. Besides, there is need for secrecy and maintaining confidentiality in such cases. 

yeah that reporting of every second incident which is done by the police or the legal procedure of any officials is not correct that should be kept in mind for the media and also for the officials who disclose the investigation fully in front of media until the case is running. 

Babu saroj wrote:

Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:

Public exposure of investigations is okay. But continuous reporting of investigations that are not yet complete will be counter productive. There is need for secrecy and promptitude during process of investigations. Besides, there is need for secrecy and maintaining confidentiality in such cases. 

yeah that reporting of every second incident which is done by the police or the legal procedure of any officials is not correct that should be kept in mind for the media and also for the officials who disclose the investigation fully in front of media until the case is running. 

 

And what exactly is meant by that?

As a rule, details of investigations should not be disclosed. But, it's not happening so. Investigating agencies  often call the press to convince the Public that they are doing something to catch the perpetrators of crime. And of course Press utilizes this and covers the crime in a big way to increase their sales and TRP ratings.