Criminal Investigative Failures | D. Kim Rossmo | Taylor & Francis eBo

ABSTRACT

Avoid Major Investigative TrapsWhat causes competent and dedicated investigators to make avoidable mistakes, jeopardizing the successful resolution of their cases? Authored by a 21-year police veteran and university research professor, Criminal Investigative Failures comprehensively defines and discusses the causes and problems most common to faile

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |2 pages

Part I: The Basics

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|14 pages

Cognitive Biases: Perception, Intuition, and Tunnel Vision

chapter 3|12 pages

Organizational Traps: Groupthink, Rumor, and Ego

chapter 4|18 pages

Errors in Probability: Chance and Randomness in Forensics and Proling

part |2 pages

Part II: Cognitive Biases

chapter 5|16 pages

Cognitive Biases in Human Perception, Judgment, and Decision Making: Bridging Theory and the Real World

chapter 6|28 pages

Bounded Rationality and Criminal Investigations: Has Tunnel Vision Been Wrongfully Convicted?

chapter 7|42 pages

On the Horns of a Narrative: Judgment, Heuristics, and Biases in Criminal Investigation

part |2 pages

Part III: Case Studies

chapter 8|36 pages

Who Killed Stephanie Crowe?

chapter 9|26 pages

Milgaard v. The Queen: Understanding a Wrongful Conviction for Sexual Homicide

chapter 10|14 pages

A False Confession to Murder in Washington, D.C.

chapter 11|34 pages

What Happened to Theresa Allore?

chapter 12|14 pages

Wrongful Innocence Claims: Roger Coleman and Benjamin LaGuer

part |2 pages

Part IV: Recommendations

chapter 13|26 pages

How Police Departments Can Reduce the Risk of Wrongful Convictions*

chapter 14|32 pages

Reducing Investigative Failures through Effective Major Case Leadership*

chapter 15|22 pages

Necropsies and the Cold Case

chapter 16|8 pages

Recommendations and Conclusion