Study Methods

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean A. Dabney ◽  
Richard Tewksbury
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Street Crime ◽  
Local Law Enforcement ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Local Law ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Homicide Investigation

Chapter 2 presents the methods of the current study. Three fieldwork projects in two cities are explained, including one researcher’s embeddedness with a plain-clothes, street crime unit, one researcher’s 10 month inclusion with a narcotics investigation unit, and one author’s 18 months of participant observation with a major city’s homicide investigation unit. Additionally, in-depth interviews with 15 federal, state and local law enforcement authorities were conducted. These three sources of data are integrated and triangulate the data used for the analysis.

scholarly journals We need to talk about dialogue: Accomplishing collaborative sensemaking in homicide investigations

2020 ◽  
pp. 0032258X2097099
Author(s):  
Helen Jones ◽  
Fiona Brookman ◽  
Robin Williams ◽  
Jim Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Collaborative Sensemaking ◽  
Forensic Scientists ◽  
Homicide Investigation

In this paper, we explore the importance of dialogue for collaborative sensemaking during homicide investigation, focusing upon interactions between detectives, forensic scientists and other experts involved in managing and undertaking forensic work. Drawing on data from a 4-year ethnographic study of British homicide investigations, we provide insights from criminal justice actors about both the value of, and barriers to, inter-professional and cross-disciplinary dialogue. We explore how and why organisational arrangements may limit opportunities for forensic scientists and other experts to engage collaboratively with detectives and prosecutors. We conclude by considering ways to enhance collaborative sensemaking during the investigation of homicide.

Technology and Homicide Investigation

2017 ◽  
pp. 515-532
Author(s):  
Patrick Q. Brady ◽  
William R. King
Keyword(s):  
Homicide Investigation

Homicide Investigation

2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
J.o. Barlow
Keyword(s):  
Homicide Investigation
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