NCJ Number
57322
Journal
Assets Protection Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH/APRIL 1979) Pages: 23-30
Date Published
1979
Length
8 pages
Annotation
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES HOW VISUAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES SUCH AS FLOW CHARTING, AREA LAYOUT METHOD, AND SCATTERGRAPHS, CAN BE USED TO MANAGE AND INVESTIGATE COMPLEX CRIMES.
Abstract
THE TECHNIQUES OF FLOW CHARTING, LINK NETWORK ANALYSIS, TIME-FLOW ANALYSIS, AREA LAYOUT METHOD, AND SCATTERGRAPHING SEEK TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS WHO, WHAT, WHERE, HOW, AND WHY, AND THEREFORE CAN BE USED, WITH SOME MODIFICATION, TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES, PARTICULARLY WHITE COLLAR CRIMES. FLOW CHARTING, FOR EXAMPLE, IS USEFUL IN SHOWING THE MOVEMENT OF A QUESTIONED DOCUMENT THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION'S PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CAN HELP PINPOINT PERSONS WITH ACCESS TO A DOCUMENT AND PERSONS PERFORMING VARIOUS DOCUMENT HANDLING PROCESSES. PERT, (PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE) A PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE INVOLVING TIME-FLOW ANALYSIS MAKES USE OF A NETWORK TO GRAPHICALLY DISPLAY THE SEQUENCE OF OCCURRENCE AND DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS OF ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A PROJECT AND CAN ASSIST IN PLANNING AND CONTROLLING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. VISUAL INVESTIGATIVE ANALYSIS, A MODIFICATION OF PERT, HAS BEEN USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR TRACING THE MOVEMENT OF PARTIES INVOLVED IN A CRIME BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE EVENT. A SCATTERGRAPH CAN BE EMPLOYED TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY WEAKNESSES IN A MANUAL/COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM. IT SUMMARIZES FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY EMPLOYEES WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION AND CAN ASSIST IN FLAGGING POSSIBLE PRIMARY SUSPECTS IN BUSINESS CRIME. FLOW CHARTING SYMBOLS AND THEIR EXPLANATIONS, LINK NETWORK AND TIME - FLOW ANALYSIS SYMBOLS AND DIAGRAMS, AND A SCATTERGRAPH ARE PROVIDED, AND REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. (DAG)