ABSTRACT
Detective work has traditionally been the subject of excitement and intrigue. There are competing perspectives regarding the nature of detective work. Indeed, the terms art, craft and science all help to characterise criminal investigation. The old regime perspective of the seasoned detective highlights the notion of detective work as a craft. The art of detective work concerns intuition and instinctive feelings and hunches towards problem solving in an investigative capacity. Despite the importance of criminal investigation to criminal justice and past concerns, surprisingly few studies exist relating to criminal investigation in both the USA and the UK, although the modern era has seen a rise in their number. O'Neill attempted to identify the skills required to be a successful volume crime investigator in the modern era. Hallenberg focused on investigative skills training, using it as a prism through which the deeper processes of police professionalisation and academisation of police training/education were explored.
