Just curious. Any law enforcement officials that can tell me.
2006-10-19 17:17:34 · 10 answers · asked by Chris 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
A perpetrators is the person who committed a crime (We may or may not know his/her identity). A suspect is someone we suspect may have committed a crime whom we are investigating.
In other words let's say we are investigating Joe. We suspect he is the perpetrator therefore he is a suspect.
2006-10-19 17:21:43 · answer #1 · answered by jen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A perpetrator is someone who actually carried out some deed, where a suspect is someone only suspected of carrying out this deed. In this manner a person can be a suspected perpetrator.
2006-10-20 00:28:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perpetrators are the ones that actually did the crime.
Suspects are "suspected" of doing the crime, but proof is still being gathered to see if they perpetrated the crime or not.
2006-10-20 01:37:15 · answer #3 · answered by volleyballchick (cowards block) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perpetrators planned and performed crimes. A pepetrator has broken the law.
Suspects are those who are SUSPECTED of planning and carrying out crimes -- a suspect may or may not have done it, but it is plausible that a suspet may have done it because there is some reasoning (motive, opportunity and method) to match this person up with a certain crime.
2006-10-20 00:22:49 · answer #4 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A perpetrator is a person known to have perpetrated (Committed) an illegal act or acts whereas a suspect is believed but not proven to have been a perpetrator (In Committing) an illegal act or acts.
2006-10-20 00:24:37 · answer #5 · answered by Stingray 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perpetrators are the ones who are the ones who committed the crime, suspects are the ones who the police think done the crime, but they have no proof of this yet.
2006-10-20 09:43:13 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the perpetrator is the person who committed the act.. the suspect is the one who is suspected of committing the act.
2006-10-20 00:22:30 · answer #7 · answered by maddox26 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
not all suspects can be guilty but the perpetrator is always guilty.
2006-10-20 00:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe think of it like this...if 3 men are arrested for the same crime, but only one of them was guilty, then the guilty one is the perp. but they are all suspects until one is proven guilty
2006-10-20 00:22:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
an inch and a half.
2006-10-20 00:19:30 · answer #10 · answered by MOM W 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋