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Investigative Processes Discussion QuestionsWhy is assessing a human source’s motivation so important?How does criminal intelligence drive an investigation?How can an investigator assess the reliability of criminal intelligence?Required readings:Ogle, R. R. (2011). Crime scene investigation and reconstruction (3rd ed.). Upper SaddleRiver, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. (ISBN: 978-0136093602)Osterburg, J. W., & Ward, R. H. (2013). Criminal investigation: A method forreconstructing the past (7th ed.). Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing (ISBN: 978-1455731381)You must answer the questions thoroughly and cite all relevant assigned readings for that week (using APA format).You may also refer to outside sources as long as they are scholarly (e.g., peer-reviewed journals) and/or reputable (e.g., article from The New York Times, chapter from another textbook). DO NOT refer to or incorporate information from extremely unreliable sources (e.g., Wikipedia, TMZ, and The Onion).Posts must be well written, free of grammatical errors, relevant to the topic, and demonstrate critical thinking and analysis. Answer Preview…………….Why is assessing a human source’s motivation so important. During criminal investigation processes, t

he primacy of assessing a human source’s motivation cannot be overlooked due to its ability to encourage the human sources of information to disclose or provide the required information accurately. The assessment of such motivators, therefore, serves as the key used by the investigators to unlock the information held in such sources (Ogle, 2012). Understanding such motivations during investigations increases the reliability of the information generated from them. Moreover, the assessment of such motivations the investigators to understand the force behind any information provided by the human sources, including money or political altruism among others. It is, therefore, critical for the investigators to examine the objectivity of the information garnered from human sources, to ascertain its validity and reliability in the case at hand (Osterburg & Ward, 2014). It is also critical to highlight the fact that the failure to assess the motivation of human sources of information during investigative processes could plunge the entire investigation team into a myriad of malicious or unjustified decisions due to the reliance on ill-motivated human sources of information………………APA 568 words
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