Applications in Criminal Analysis: A Sourcebook / Edition 1

by Marilyn Peterson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275964689
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/30/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	1410L (what's this?)

About the Author

MARILYN B. PETERSON is a management specialist for an agency having statewide responsibility for the investigation of criminal justice matters. She has worked in criminal analysis since 1980 for agencies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She is a Certified Criminal Analyst and has taught intelligence subjects internationally. She is co-editor (with P. Andrews) of Criminal Intelligence Analysis (1990); contributor to A Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States, edited by Robert Kelly, Rufus Schatzberg, and Ko-lin Chin (Greenwood Press, 1994), and has written at length on analytical techniques for, and developed basic and advanced seminars on, criminal analysis.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Techniques in Analysis
Report Applications
Violent Crime Applications
Organized Crime Applications
Narcotics Applications
Economic Crime Applications
Street Crimes Applications
Specialists in Analysis
Intelligence, Analysis, Policy and the Future
Appendix 1: Glossary
Appendix 2: Selected Computer Software
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A comprehensive reference/text that assesses criminal, investigative, and strategic analysis techniques and reports, while showing how they support every facet of law enforcement. The sourcebook gives a history of the field of analysis and of the education and training of analysts; lists and describes analytical techniques; discusses public and strategic reporting and the application of analytical techniques in all types of investigations; highlights the work of agencies, organizations, and individuals in the field; and points to future needs and uses for criminal analysis. Includes a glossary, a description of computer software, and an extensive bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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