1. APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
A Method for Reconstructing the Past, 7th Edition
SECTION II
APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
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2. MANAGING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
A Method for Reconstructing the Past, 7th Edition
Criminal Investigation
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MANAGING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
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3. Criminal Investigations
Administrative Management
Selection and training of investigators
Reports and records
Resource allocation
Historical Antecedents: Founding fathers delegated law enforcement to the states
Crime was local in nature
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4. Conventional Investigative Arrangements
Police departments were formally organized in the nineteenth century
Detective bureaus were established
Personnel selection based partly on political considerations
This practice has continued even today
Policy divided the force into separate camps
Uniformed and detective
Organization
Detectives
Specialists
Generalists
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5. Managing Criminal Investigations
MCI Model – Based on Measurable Criteria:
Number of Arrests
Number of Cases Cleared
Number of Convictions
Number of Cases Accepted for Prosecution
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6. Managing Criminal Investigations
The Elements of MCI
The Initial Investigation
Case Screening
Management of the Continuing Investigation
Police-Prosecutor Relations
Investigative Monitoring System
Cold Case Investigations
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7. Potential Benefits of MCI
Criminal Investigation
Potential Benefits of MCI
Increase in productivity
Reallocation of resources
Proactive investigation
Formation of task force units
Better case preparation
Rejection of favoritism as the basis for promotion
Better educated and trained investigators
Human resources (e.g., specialists)
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Criminal Investigation
New Approaches
CompStat and Real-Time Crime Centers
Predictive policing
The Psychology of Crime Investigations
Social-Psychological Issues
Cognition
Personality
Observation
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CompStat
Most important change in the management of criminal investigation in recent years
Introduced in the early 1990s in the NYPD
Evaluative program based on quantitative statistics and what was then a sophisticated mapping program
“A management process through which the NYPD identifies problems and measures the results of its problem solving activities”
Success of a criminal investigation depends largely on the ability of the investigators, their expertise, and the ability to bring to the fore the personal and support tools necessary to effective case management
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Criminal Investigation
Conclusion
Routine nature of investigation does not mean investigations should be taken for granted
Past “best practices” have given way to new techniques, technology, and procedures
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