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The 'Cross+Check' system: Integrating profiling approaches for police and security investigations
No full textIt is an investigative truism that 'information is the lifeblood of an investigation'. Yet in many investigations police and security personnel fail to fully utilise the diverse range of different types of information readily available to them which can add significant value to an investigation. In effect, potentially useful information simply falls between the cracks in an investigation. In serious, complex and/or high profile crimes and security type terrorism threats the risks of missing such informational gaps and cracks poses a very real and present danger. To address this ‘falling between the cracks’ informational phenomenon the current author (Dr. Dean) devised and developed a deliberate low-tech ‘Cross+Check‘ system that the average investigator can be trained in to use on a daily basis without the need for expensive or sophisticated equipment. The C+C system teaches an investigator to think in a logically grounded and creatively systematic manner using different types of information about a crime or security problem.\ud
The core of the C+C system is its ability to bring together and focus on the inter-relationships between four qualitatively different levels of information. The goal of the C+C system is to generate and then prioritise the investigative leads that logically flow out of systematically ‘cross+checking’ informational inter-relationships in order to not only plan and manage an overall investigative strategy but also to develop leads into evidence. This paper presents the theoretical, conceptual, and operational frameworks of the C+C system as a knowledge management tool in relation to the integration of several police and security profiling approaches as well as illustrating its practical application with a case example of an arson investigation
Knowledge management in policing and law enforcement : foundations, structures, applications
No full textSharing knowledge in policing remains a significant challenge for police forces around the world. The Bichard Inquiry examined the effectiveness of police forces' information sharing and found it to be severely lacking. This unique book sets out the conceptual framework for knowledge management and explains how a greater understanding of the subject can help policing at an operational level. The book is split into a clear and logical three part structure: Part I covers the foundations of knowledge management and the key security issues in relation to a 'globalised' world of crime and terrorism, Part II looks at the building of structures and the use of applications and Part III integrates the first two parts by providing illustrative examples of working applications of police-specific knowledge management systems. Drawing on examples from around the world, the book takes the reader through the range of different systems and approaches and shows how they can be implemented in practice using illustrative case studies and practical diagrams. This is an ideal purchase for all police professionals and policing academics with an interest in, or role in knowledge management systems
Police education and critical thinking : a case study of Singapore police program
No full textThe focus of the paper is on the role of critical thinking in assisting police officers to make the transition from a procedurally-based method of training to a higher education style of learning that emphasizes a self-directed, reflective form of professional practice. A specially-designed university course for the Singapore Police Force is used as a case study to highlight the journey from training to education
The experience of investigation for detectives
No full textThe thesis presents a qualitative research study on how police detectives experience, understand, and think about the process of doing serious and complex criminal investigations. The data was collected using a semi- structured, in-depth interview with a group of sixty-four experienced police investigators from Australia, New Zealand, various State Police Services in America and the FBI.\ud
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The empirical research methodology of phenomenography was employed to gather and analysis the interview transcripts for this group of detectives. The aim of this phenomenographic approach was to elicit the variation in the investigative experience both within individual detectives and between detectives in the group studied.\ud
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Upon analysis, the variation in this group of detectives' conceptions about doing a criminal investigation was captured in a set of four hierarchically ordered and qualitatively different categories of description. These four categories reflect particular cognitive styles or preferred ways of investigative thinking that experienced investigators rely upon throughout the investigative process.\ud
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The four 'Investigative Thinking Styles' start with the application of the 'Method' style of investigative thinking, through to the 'Challenge' style, and then onto the 'Skill' style, and finally up to and including the 'Risk' thinking style. These four styles constitute a theoretical model of investigation that has important practical implications for the recruitment, selection, and training of investigating officers as well as for the case management of investigations and the use of investigative teams for major crime investigations
'Cross+Check' als alternatives model fur die Analyse von Kriminalfaallen
No full textDie Optimierung des Prozesses der lnformationsverarbeitung bei Ermitttungen ist einer der wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktoren.\ud
D abei ist es besondersi n der Aus- und ForTbildungb edeutsam,d ie Mitarbeiterm it einer m6glichst\ud
leicht umzusetzenden Methodik an die Problemfelder heranzufuhren. Nachfolgend wird ein Sysfem aus Australien\ud
uorgestellt.E s basierta uf Erkenntnissend er Kriminologieu nd der Kriminatpsychotogies owie auf Erfahrungen\ud
in der Aus- und ForTbildungv on Ermittlungsbeamteni n Australienu nd Singapur.W esentlichesK ennzeichen\ud
dleses Sysfems ist die klare, strukturierte Zusammenfassung und Visuatisierung von quatitativ sehr unterschiedlichen\ud
lnformationen. Mit einfachen Mitteln konnen so lnformationen auch bei komptexen Sachverhalten\ud
schnellu nd effizients trukturiert werden. Dase rleichterf es, Schuzerp unkte filr die weiteren Ermitttungenz u setzen,\ud
ohne dass yorschnelrl elevanteln formationenu nbeachtetb leiben
Criminal profiling in a terrorism context
No full textThis chapter engages in a critical analysis of the use of 'offender profiling' as developed in a criminal context and asks what relevance does such a paradigm have when applied in a terrorism context? More specifically, does offender profiling have potential to assist in developing a more comprehensive understanding of terrorism or is it largely irrelevant
Remarks by guest editors in special issue of Police Practice and Research : an International Journal
No full textCommentary on selection of articles in special issue : Local Research Links to Global Policing \u
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