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Criminal investigation
About: Criminal investigation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2416 publications have been published within this topic receiving 24362 citations.
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01 Jan 1986
TL;DR: This article developed a framework for collecting information about individual criminal careers and their parameters, reviews existing knowledge about criminal career dimensions, presents models of offending patterns, and describes how criminal career information can be used to develop and refine criminal justice policies.
Abstract: By focusing attention on individuals rather than on aggregates, this book takes a novel approach to studying criminal behavior. It develops a framework for collecting information about individual criminal careers and their parameters, reviews existing knowledge about criminal career dimensions, presents models of offending patterns, and describes how criminal career information can be used to develop and refine criminal justice policies. In addition, an agenda for future research on criminal careers is presented.
1,273 citations
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18 Sep 1995
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an introduction to criminal justice in the field of science, and present an overview of the main issues in research design, including concepts, operationalization, and measurement.
Abstract: PART ONE: AN INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE INQUIRY. 1. Crime, Criminal Justice, and Scientific Inquiry. 2. Theory and Criminal Justice Research. 3. Causation and Validity. PART TWO: STRUCTURING CRIMINAL JUSTICE INQUIRY. 4. General Issues in Research Design. 5. Concepts , Operationalization, and Measurement. 6. Measuring Crime. 7. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs. 8. Ethics and Criminal Justice Research. PART THREE: MODES OF OBSERVATION. 9. Overview of Data Collections and Sampling. 10. Survey Research and Other Ways of Asking Questions. 11. Field Research. 12. Agency Records, Content Analysis, and Secondary Data. PART FOUR: PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER. 13. Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 14. Interpreting Data. 15. Pulling It All Together: Annotated Examples. Appendixes: A. Using the Library: Traditional and Computer-Based Information Sources. B. National Criminal Justice Reference Service. C. The Research Report. D. Sources of Secondary Data. E. Distribution of Chi Square.
823 citations
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01 Jan 1991
TL;DR: The second edition has been revised to include discussions of all major developments since 1991 and has been expanded to provide more coverage of substantive law as discussed by the authors, which is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying criminal law, academics and some practitioners of criminal law.
Abstract: This text has been designed to introduce students to criminal law through a study of the principles and policies underlying it. Exploring the major spheres of criminal liability, the book raises questions about the proper limits of the criminal law, the relative seriousness of harms, the various principles grounded in fairness to individuals, policies designed to further the aims of the criminal law and ideas of criminal culpability. This second edition has been revised to include discussions of all major developments since 1991 and has been expanded to provide more coverage of substantive law. It is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying criminal law, academics and some practitioners of criminal law.
372 citations
TL;DR: UK police officers surveyed regarding their perceptions of eyewitnesses and eyewitness performance believed that eyewitnesses are rarely incorrect and that witnesses rarely come forward to the police and that those who do are often reluctant to testify in court.
Abstract: Few contemporary data support the assertion that eyewitnesses are important in police investigations. In the present study, 159 UK police officers were surveyed regarding their perceptions of eyewitnesses and eyewitness performance. The respondents indicated that eyewitnesses usually provide the central leads in criminal investigations; however, the police officers also believed that eyewitnesses rarely provide sufficient information, especially descriptive details as opposed to action details. Nevertheless, the officers believed that eyewitnesses are rarely incorrect. A sizable minority reported that witnesses rarely come forward to the police and that those who do are often reluctant to testify in court. Many officers indicated that they do not have enough time to conduct good eyewitness interviews.
181 citations