Cold case reviews : DNA, detective work and unsolved major crimes / Cheryl Allsop.

9780191810459 (ebook) :

First edition.

1 online resource.

This text provides the first ethnographic account of a UK major crime review team, providing a comprehensive, conceptual account of cold case reviews not currently available from an academic criminological perspective. Cold case reviews are a relatively new and innovative form of policing yet, to date, there has been little empirical research into their conduct in the UK. Addressing this empirical void by shining a light on the practicalities and realities of cold case investigations, the author spent eight months with a major crime review team tasked with conducting 28-day reviews of 'live' unsolved murder and stranger rapes and detecting long term unsolved major crimes. The resulting work contains a unique focus on forensic science and the role of the National DNA Database (NDNAD) in cold case reviews, adding to the current debates about the police use of forensic science.

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English

January 10, 2019

Clarendon studies in criminology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Specialized.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > Great Britain.