CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PROCESS, V 1 - SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS

• NCJ Number: 32153
• Author(s): P GREENWOOD; J PETERSILIA
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 48 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-NI-99-0037-G
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
• Sale Source: Rand Corporation; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FIRST IN A THREE-PART SERIES OF VOLUMES ON THE RESULTS OF A TWO-YEAR NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF POLICE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PRACTICES AND THEIR IMPACT.

Abstract

THIS STUDY HAS FOUR OBJECTIVES: TO DESCRIBE, ON A NATIONAL SCALE, CURRENT INVESTIGATIVE, ORGANIZATION AND PRACTICES; TO ASSESS THE CONTRIBUTION THAT POLICE INVESTIGATION MAKES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE GOALS; TO ASCERTAIN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS BEING ADOPTED TO ENHANCE INVESTIGATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IS RELATED TO DIFFERENCES IN ORGANIZATIONAL FORM, STAFFING, PROCEDURES, ETC. THIS VOLUME SUMMARZIES AND SYNTHESIZES THE OVERALL FINDINGS OF THE STUDY AND DRAWS POLICY-RELEVANT CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. FOR VOLUMES TWO AND THREE, SEE NCJ-32154 AND 55. ANOTHER RELATED REPORT IS NCJ-32156 ON AUTOMATED SYSTEMS SUPPORTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE.