Crime Solvability Factors: Police Resources And Crime Detection

Description

At a time when resources are scarce, not every crime may be investigated as fully as is desirable. Police generally use experience to guide their case screening. This volume demonstrates a new, research-based approach, exploring innovative research on crime solvability as a factor for crime investigation and prevention. Crime solvability is the interplay between forensic science, decision-making, and prediction to determine the likelihood that a crime will be solved. This text discusses recent studies of how solvable cases may be identified, using original sets of police data. It focuses on high-volume crimes such as burglary, assault, metal theft, and cyberfraud. By targeting more cases that can be solved, police departments can manage their resources better and have the greatest effect on arrests, as well as preventing future crimes by these offenders. Front Matter ....Pages i-vii Introduction (Richard Timothy Coupe, Barak Ariel, Katrin Mueller-Johnson)....Pages 1-14 Existing Research on Solvability (Tom Olphin, Richard Timothy Coupe)....Pages 15-34 Assessing Solvability Factors in Greater Manchester, England: The Case of Residential Burglaries (Patrick Gerard Donnellan, Barak Ariel)....Pages 35-51 Population-Level Analysis of Residential Burglaries (Colin Paine, Barak Ariel)....Pages 53-74 Solvability Indicators for ‘First Officers’: Targeting Eyewitness Questioning at Non-residential Burglaries (Richard Timothy Coupe)....Pages 75-87 Pickpocketing on Railways (Stephanie Sharp, Richard Timothy Coupe)....Pages 89-106 Metal Theft Solvability and Detection (Paul Robb, Richard Timothy Coupe, Barak Ariel)....Pages 107-126 Detecting and Combating Internet Telephony Fraud (Colin Duffy, Richard Timothy Coupe)....Pages 127-148 Targeting Factors that Predict Clearance of Non-domestic Assaults (Tom Olphin, Katrin Mueller-Johnson)....Pages 149-174 Solvability Factors and Investigative Strategy for Faith Hate Crime: Anti-Semitic and Islamophobic Assault, Criminal Damage and Public Order Offences in London (Simon Rose, Richard Timothy Coupe, Barak Ariel)....Pages 175-224 Reporting, Detection and Solvability of Sex Offences on Railways (Anthony Jones, Richard Timothy Coupe, Katrin Mueller-Johnson)....Pages 225-256 Offender–Offence Profiling: Improving Burglary Solvability and Detection (Bronwyn Killmier, Katrin Mueller-Johnson, Richard Timothy Coupe)....Pages 257-285 Boosting Offence Solvability and Detections: Solving Residential Burglaries by Predicting Single and Multiple Repeats (Richard Timothy Coupe, Katrin Mueller-Johnson)....Pages 287-304 Improving Offence Solvability and Detection Rates at Non-residential Burglary: Predicting Single and Multiple Repeat Incidence (Richard Timothy Coupe, Katrin Mueller-Johnson)....Pages 305-329 Homicide Resources, Solvability and Detection (Rebecca Riggs, Richard Timothy Coupe, Denis O’Connor)....Pages 331-365 Investigative Activities, Resources and Burglary Detection (Richard Timothy Coupe)....Pages 367-389 The Organisation and Deployment of Patrol Resources: Cost-Effective On-Scene Arrest at Burglaries (Richard Timothy Coupe)....Pages 391-410 Resources, Solvability and Detection: A Theoretical Model (Richard Timothy Coupe)....Pages 411-431 Conclusions (Richard Timothy Coupe, Barak Ariel)....Pages 433-450 Back Matter ....Pages 451-454