Applications in Criminal Analysis

A practicing analyst combines broad training and research and hands-on experience in this first comprehensive reference/text assessing criminal investigative and strategic analysis techniques and reports while showing how they support every facet of law enforcement today. The sourcebook gives a history of the field of analysis and of the education and training of analysts; lists and describes analytical techniques in an easy-to-access A to Z arrangement; offers a step-by-step approach to the development of public and strategic reports; discusses the applications of analytical techniques in violent crime organized crime narcotics white collar crime and street crime; highlights the work of important agencies organizations and individuals in the field of analysis; and points to future needs and uses for criminal analysis. A glossary appendix description of computer software and lengthy bibliography further enrich this reference guide and teaching tool for analysts law enforcement officers and criminal justice students and experts.