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Author: John E. Eck Publisher: ISBN: 9781878734143 Category : Burglary Languages : en Pages : 349
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A 2-year study of criminal investigations of burglary and robbery in three jurisdictions points toward a series of management changes that can yield a more effective and efficient use of investigative resources. The study involved the analysis of investigative data from more than 320 robberies and 3,360 burglaries in the 3 jurisdictions of DeKalb County, Ga.; St. Petersburg, Fla.; and Wichita, Kan. For each case, crime reports and other official data were obtained, and patrol officers and detectives completed logs of the actions they took, the amount of time involved, and the information obtained. More than 5,500 activity logs were analyzed, and researchers observed officers and detectives in the performance of their field duties. Police detectives and patrol officers were found to contribute equally to the solution of robbery and burglary cases, but the investigations rarely took more than 4 hours spread over as many days. Three-fourths of the investigations were suspended within 2 days because of lack of leads. In the remainder of cases, the followup work by detectives was a major factor in determining whether suspects were identified and arrested. However, detectives and patrol officers alike rely too heavily on victims, who seldom provide information leading to an arrest, and make too little use of those sources of information most likely to lead to arrest -- witnesses, informants, their own colleagues, and police records. Detailed findings and policy implications are discussed.
Author: John E. Eck Publisher: ISBN: 9781878734143 Category : Burglary Languages : en Pages : 349
Book Description
A 2-year study of criminal investigations of burglary and robbery in three jurisdictions points toward a series of management changes that can yield a more effective and efficient use of investigative resources. The study involved the analysis of investigative data from more than 320 robberies and 3,360 burglaries in the 3 jurisdictions of DeKalb County, Ga.; St. Petersburg, Fla.; and Wichita, Kan. For each case, crime reports and other official data were obtained, and patrol officers and detectives completed logs of the actions they took, the amount of time involved, and the information obtained. More than 5,500 activity logs were analyzed, and researchers observed officers and detectives in the performance of their field duties. Police detectives and patrol officers were found to contribute equally to the solution of robbery and burglary cases, but the investigations rarely took more than 4 hours spread over as many days. Three-fourths of the investigations were suspended within 2 days because of lack of leads. In the remainder of cases, the followup work by detectives was a major factor in determining whether suspects were identified and arrested. However, detectives and patrol officers alike rely too heavily on victims, who seldom provide information leading to an arrest, and make too little use of those sources of information most likely to lead to arrest -- witnesses, informants, their own colleagues, and police records. Detailed findings and policy implications are discussed.
Author: Betty Medsger Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0307962962 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 609
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS & EDITORS (IRE) BOOK AWARD WINNER • The story of the history-changing break-in at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists—quiet, ordinary, hardworking Americans—that made clear the shocking truth that J. Edgar Hoover had created and was operating, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, his own shadow Bureau of Investigation. “Impeccably researched, elegantly presented, engaging.”—David Oshinsky, New York Times Book Review • “Riveting and extremely readable. Relevant to today's debates over national security, privacy, and the leaking of government secrets to journalists.”—The Huffington Post It begins in 1971 in an America being split apart by the Vietnam War . . . A small group of activists set out to use a more active, but nonviolent, method of civil disobedience to provide hard evidence once and for all that the government was operating outside the laws of the land. The would-be burglars—nonpro’s—were ordinary people leading lives of purpose: a professor of religion and former freedom rider; a day-care director; a physicist; a cab driver; an antiwar activist, a lock picker; a graduate student haunted by members of her family lost to the Holocaust and the passivity of German civilians under Nazi rule. Betty Medsger's extraordinary book re-creates in resonant detail how this group scouted out the low-security FBI building in a small town just west of Philadelphia, taking into consideration every possible factor, and how they planned the break-in for the night of the long-anticipated boxing match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, knowing that all would be fixated on their televisions and radios. Medsger writes that the burglars removed all of the FBI files and released them to various journalists and members of Congress, soon upending the public’s perception of the inviolate head of the Bureau and paving the way for the first overhaul of the FBI since Hoover became its director in 1924. And we see how the release of the FBI files to the press set the stage for the sensational release three months later, by Daniel Ellsberg, of the top-secret, seven-thousand-page Pentagon study on U.S. decision-making regarding the Vietnam War, which became known as the Pentagon Papers. The Burglary is an important and gripping book, a portrait of the potential power of nonviolent resistance and the destructive power of excessive government secrecy and spying.
Author: G.W. Hildebrand Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1315411717 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 679
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Criminal Investigation on the Street presents investigative principles and techniques—and applies them to solving real-world crimes—in an engaging, student-friendly style centered on the Investigative Triangle: legal aspects, evidence, and behavioral analysis. Students and instructors alike will benefit from this book’s comprehensive coverage and accessible writing style. Along with the Investigative Triangle model, which provides a solid framework for approaching investigations, students will also learn about Criminal Investigative Analysis, a range of behavior-based services and strategies to help solve crimes. Chapters 1–7 (Section I) present the principles and techniques of criminal investigation—history and theory, legal background, forensics, crime scene, witnesses and informants, interviews and interrogations—including a chapter on crime analysis and Criminal Investigative Analysis. Chapters 8–13 (Section II) apply these principles and techniques to specific types of crime, beginning with assault and death investigations and a separate chapter on culpable homicide. Section II also covers sex crimes; theft, burglary, robbery, and arson; enterprise and white-collar crime, and terrorism. The book is illustrated throughout with a variety of Exhibits: photographs and drawings, flowcharts, facsimiles of police documents, and other instructive visuals. Each chapter begins with an engaging vignette, some based on high-profile news articles and others drawn from the author’s extensive experience. Interactive features—Case Focus, You Call It, and You Write It—occur at strategic points in every chapter, challenging students to answer questions and apply concepts to actual cases and fictional scenarios. Each chapter ends with a return to the Investigative Triangle, assessing how it applies to the chapter’s main topics. Chapters 1–7 (Section I) each include a list of Important Cases (court decisions relevant to the chapter’s key concepts). At the end of every chapter (Sections I and II), the Investigate Further feature provides an annotated list of readings, films, and other resources appropriate for class projects, term papers, and special assignments. Each chapter concludes with review questions and a chapter summary. This book is geared to students in the Criminal Investigation course at both two- and four-year institutions, and will appeal to those aspiring to a career in any field related to criminal investigation.
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