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Authors and contributors | |
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Introduction | |
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What is a criminal investigation? | |
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Aims of a criminal investigation | |
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Criminal investigation - science or art? | |
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The CSI effect | |
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The strength of evidence | |
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Professionalisation of investigative practice | |
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The changing criminal justice environment | |
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Organisation of the book | |
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Strategic phase one: Instigation and initial response | |
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Strategic phase two: The investigation | |
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Strategic phase three: Case management | |
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A brief history of criminal investigation | |
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The emergence of the police detective | |
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Recognising the need for able detectives | |
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Regulating detective work | |
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Bringing together forensic science and investigation | |
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Criminal investigation and victims | |
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Introduction | |
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Constructing the victim, the offender and the crime | |
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Victim satisfaction with investigations | |
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Victim Personal Statements | |
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Restorative Justice | |
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Strategic Phase One: Instigation and Initial Response | |
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Initial response and crime scene lockdown | |
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Initial response | |
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Crime scene lockdown | |
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The Golden Hour | |
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Cross-contamination | |
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Running Homicide 1 | |
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Crime Scene Examiners | |
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Introduction | |
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The establishment of the CSE in the UK | |
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The training of CSEs | |
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The examination of volume crime scenes | |
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The effectiveness of CSE attendance at a crime scene | |
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The work of the CSE | |
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Processing the scene: A practical overview | |
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Preserving the scene | |
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Recording the scene | |
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Logging all actions at the scene | |
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Systematic search for and recovery of evidence | |
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Packaging and labelling evidence | |
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Storage of physical evidence | |
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Releasing the scene | |
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Conclusion: The role of the scene scientist and the CSE as general practitioner | |
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Running Homicide 2 | |
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Strategic Phase Two: The Investigation | |
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Investigative strategy | |
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Introduction | |
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The role of the Senior Investigative Officer | |
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The Golden Hour | |
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Investigation set-up and HOLMES | |
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Appointment to key roles | |
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Investigative decision making and strategy: Hypotheses building | |
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Investigative decision making and strategy: Solving crimes | |
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Media strategy | |
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Family liaison strategy | |
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Running Homicide 3 | |
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Forensic science strategy: Cross-contamination | |
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Presence of physical material | |
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Forensic Management Team | |
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Post mortems | |
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Running Homicide 4 | |
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Forensic science specialisms: palynology, entomology and DNA | |
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Introduction | |
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Pollen as trace evidence | |
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The forensic palynologist | |
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Forensic entomology | |
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DNA evidence | |
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Electronic and passive data | |
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What is passive data? | |
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Acquiring passive data | |
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CCTV | |
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Financial information | |
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Telephony | |
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Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) | |
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Electronic data | |
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Running Homicide 5 | |
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Suspect prioritisation, Behavioural Analysis and profiling | |
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What is Behavioural Analysis? | |
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A brief history of criminal behavioural analysis | |
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Modern approaches: Behavioural investigative advice | |
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BIA in criminal investigations | |
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Interviewing victims and witnesses | |
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Who are victims and witnesses? | |
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Vulnerable and intimidated victims and witnesses | |
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Significant witnesses | |
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Reluctant and hostile witnesses | |
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Identification evidence | |
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Running Homicide 6 | |
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Suspect interviews | |
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Introduction | |
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Interview strategies | |
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The principles of the Reid Technique and the US style of interrogation | |
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Principles of investigative interviewing | |
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Planning and preparation for interviews and strategic sequence | |
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Admissions from suspects and suggestibility | |
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The role of the Tactical Interview Manager | |
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Running Homicide 7 | |
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Strategic Phase Three: Case Management | |
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Case files | |
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What is a case file? | |
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Defining offences and points to prove | |
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Gathering evidence: Statements and interviews | |
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Exhibits | |
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Deciding whether to charge | |
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Court procedure | |
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Court rules | |
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Victim and witness care | |
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Conclusion | |
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Case reviews | |
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Introduction | |
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Live reviews | |
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History of the murder review | |
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Investigative thinking | |
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Murder review process | |
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Constituent parts of a murder review | |
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Capturing the learning | |
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Criminal Cases Review Commission | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |