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THOMAS BEWICK – was a wood engraver and
painter who decorated some of his work with
fingerprints. A caption added to one of his
carvings – ‘Thomas BEWICK – his mark’, and was
one of the first to recognize the individuality of a
fingerprint.

THOMAS BYRNES - was an Irish-born
American police officer, who once served as head
of the New York City Police Department detective
department. He popularized the term rogues
gallery and introduced modus operandi file.

THREAT – an expression of the intent to do harm or
act out violently against someone or something;
can be spoken, written, or symbolic.

THREAT ASSESSMENT – the process of determining
the risk level posed by a threat and whether the
law enforcement office should be called in and a
criminal prosecution pursued.

TIGHT TAILING – moving surveillance where the
subject is kept constantly in view; also called as s
close tail

TIME SERIES DATA – refers to data collected from
a particular geographical unit—town, region or
country—at fixed intervals—daily, weekly,
monthly, quarterly, or annually.

TIME-EVENT CHART ANALYSIS – a crime analysis
tool that displays the major events relating to a
crime or an offender in chronological order.

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