D. Kim Rossmo

Criminal Investigative Failures (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What causes competent and dedicated investigators to make avoidable mistakes? Authored by a 21-year police veteran and university research professor, this astute volume defines and discusses the problems most common to failed investigations. Exploring cognitive biases, organizational traps, and probability errors, the first three chapters lay the foundation for the remainder of the book, which consists of contributions from scholars, police investigators, and journalists that elaborate on the core points and present relevant cases. This text provides practical advice for avoiding investigative failures and is an invaluable reference for investigators seeking the truth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040080276
• Artikelnr.: 70018848

Autorenporträt

D. Kim Rossmo

Inhaltsangabe

THE BASICS. Introduction. Cognitive Biases: Perception, Intuition, and Tunnel Vision. Organizational Traps: Groupthink, Rumor, and Ego. Errors in Probability: Chance and Randomness in Forensics and Profiling. COGNITIVE BIASES. Cognitive Biases in Human Perception, Judgment, and Decision Making: Bridging Theory and the Real World. Bounded Rationality and Criminal Investigations: Has Tunnel Vision Been Wrongfully Convicted? On the Horns of a Narrative: Judgment, Heuristics, and Biases in Criminal Investigation. CASE STUDIES. Who Killed Stephanie Crowe? Milgaard v. The Queen: Understanding a Wrongful Conviction for Sexual Homicide. A False Confession to Murder in Washington, D.C. What Happened to Theresa Allore? Wrongful Innocence Claims: Roger Coleman and Benjamin LaGuer. RECOMMENDATIONS. How Police Departments Can Reduce the Risk of Wrongful Convictions. Reducing Investigative Failures through Effective Major Case Leadership. Necropsies and the Cold Case. Recommendations and Conclusion.

Rezensionen

This book is absolutely required reading for any professional in the law enforcement, emergency services, forensic medicine, or forensic psychology field who has to make complex decisions.
-Daniel Clark, Editor of International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2009

This topic is vitally important for not only understanding the causes and prevention of failures, but for understanding and measuring success.
-John Eck, University of Cincinnati, Department of Criminal Justice

The concepts and strategies outlined in this book are invaluable for helping to accomplish an investigator's primary objective: 'find the truth.' For those of us who care deeply about investigative excellence and justice, particularly police investigators, this book is a 'must read.'
-Doug A. LePard, Deputy Chief Commanding Investigation Division, Vancouver Police Department, Canada, From the Preface