Screen LibraryCold case reviews : DNA, detective work and unsolved major crimes /
This text provides the first ethnographic account of a UK major crime review team, providing a comprehensive, conceptual account of cold case reviews not currently available from an academic criminological perspective. Cold case reviews are a relatively new and innovative form of policing yet, to da...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Clarendon studies in criminology
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| Summary: |
This text provides the first ethnographic account of a UK major crime review team, providing a comprehensive, conceptual account of cold case reviews not currently available from an academic criminological perspective. Cold case reviews are a relatively new and innovative form of policing yet, to date, there has been little empirical research into their conduct in the UK. Addressing this empirical void by shining a light on the practicalities and realities of cold case investigations, the author spent eight months with a major crime review team tasked with conducting 28-day reviews of 'live' |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-213) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198747451 0198747454 9780191064661 0191064661 |
| Index Number: | HV8073 |
| CLC: |
D919 D918 |
| Call Number: | D918/A442 |