ABSTRACT
The police detective is one of the most commonly depicted characters in novels, cinema, and television. He or she resolves complex criminal investigations through deductive skills, high-tech forensics, specialized computer programs, hard work, and luck. Good wins, evil loses, and justice triumphs. But in the real world, things do not always turn out that way. In most crimes, the case is not closed, the criminal is not apprehended, and justice is denied.
