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Cold case reviews : DNA, detective work and unsolved major crimes /
This text provides the first ethnographic account of a UK major crime review team, providing a comprehensive, conceptual account of cold case reviews not currently available from an academic criminological perspective. Cold case reviews are a relatively new and innovative form of policing yet, to da...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Clarendon studies in criminology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half title; Series; Cold Case Reviews DNA, Detective Work, and Unsolved Major Crimes; Copyright; Contents; List of Acronyms; 1 Setting the Scene; Introduction; Cold Case Reviews; The Research; Layout of the Book; 2 Developments in DNA Profiling Techniques and Technologies; Introduction; DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid); A Brief History of DNA Profiling Techniques; Conclusion; 3 Instrumental and Symbolic Politics in Policing; Introduction; Police Legitimacy; Technological Advances; Risk Management and Reviews; Growth of Victims' Rights and Pressure Groups; Morality in Policing
- 'Window of Opportunity'Signal Crimes and Control Signals; Symbolic Importance of Cold Case Reviews; Media Representations of Cold Case Reviews; Conclusion; 4 Cold Case Investigations in Context: Studies of Detective Work and Forensic Science; Introduction; Studies of Detective Work; Investigations as Bureaucratic Endeavours; Investigations as Information Work; The 'Scientification' of Policing; Cold Case Investigations Literature; Conclusion; 5 The Development of Cold Case Reviews; Introduction; Brief Background of Cold Case Reviews: Developments in Review Policies
- Brief Background of Cold Case Reviews: Three Force PilotOperation Advance; Operation Advance: Offender Profiling; Operation Advance: Overall Benefits; Operation Stealth; Conclusion; 6 The Major Crime Review Team; Introduction; Team Background: The Development of Cold Case Stranger Rape Reviews; The Major Crime Review Team; Twenty-eight-day Progress Reviews; The Twenty-eight-day Murder Investigation Progress Review Process; The Twenty-eight-day Stranger Rape Investigation Progress Review Process; Cold Case Murder Reviews; Prioritization; Cold Case Murder Review Processes
- Cold Case Stranger Rape Review ProcessesCold Case Results; Conclusion; 7 Organizing the Organizational Memory; Introduction; Routine Activities; 'Real Policing': Picking Up the Pace!; 'Back Engineering'; Back Engineering: Cold Case Stranger Rape Reviews; 'Success' in Cold Case Reviews; Challenges to Successful Stranger Rape Reviews: The Victim; Challenges to Successful Reviews: Witnesses; Challenges to Successful Reviews: Lack of Modern Technologies; Forward Planning; Conclusion; 8 The Reliance on Science; Introduction; A Reliance on Science: Cold Case Murders
- A Reliance on Science: Cold Case Stranger RapesLinks; Retention and Integrity of Exhibits; Conclusion; 9 Expertise versus Experience; Introduction; National Support; National Support: 'Victimology'; National Support: Intelligence and Analysis; Using 'Expertise'; Networks and Contacts; Experience and Expertise; Conclusion; 10 Politics and Morality in Major Crime Reviews; Introduction; Victim Support; The PR Value of a Major Crime Review Team; Twenty-eight-day Progress Reviews; The Politics of Working with Other Agencies; Conclusion; Concluding Comments; Bibliography; Index