ABSTRACT
Rossmo (2006a, 2006b) has supplied a masterful account of the cognitive and organizational pitfalls that characterize criminal investigative failures. In the United Kingdom at least, this perspective is largely absent from official manuals for senior investigating officers, with the exception of somewhat unspecific advice to keep an open mind (e.g., Centrex, 2005). Rather than attempt a modest update of the Rossmo work, in this chapter we seek to do two things:
1. Briefly discuss the notion of framing and the implications of this for the investigative enterprise generally.
