ABSTRACT

Maximilian Edelbacher studied law at the University of Vienna, completed a traineeship at the courts as a candidate for attorney, and became a legal expert in the Bundespolizeidirektion, the headquarters of the Austrian Federal Police, in 1972. From 1976 to 1986 he was an expert for burglary, forgery, and prostitution in the Viennese Major Crime Bureau. In 1986 he became head of the homicide squad and was chosen chief of the Major Crime Bureau in 1988. He has also been involved in leadership education of the Federal Police of Austria and the training of criminal investigators and executives.