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A Recent History of Homicide Investigation - Changes and Implications for Criminal Justice in England and Wales (Hardcover)
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A Recent History of Homicide Investigation - Changes and Implications for Criminal Justice in England and Wales (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure
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Drawing on in-depth research, including interviews with former and
serving detectives, this book explores how homicide investigation
in England and Wales has changed since the 1980s and the
opportunities and challenges that have arisen as a consequence. The
investigation of homicide in England and Wales became subject to
significant reform in the 1980s, when the inquiry into the
Yorkshire Ripper investigation identified numerous failings in how
the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe was conducted. These investigations
have been subject to criticism and change from that moment onwards.
This book explores how change has shaped every facet of these
investigations, with four main areas identified: science and
technology; legislation, regulation and guidance; investigative
practice; and lastly, detective status and culture. The work shows
that change has been the result of four primary catalysts: a
growing preoccupation with risk, the changing political landscape,
reactions to miscarriages of justice and other cases, and advances
in science and technology. What has been lost and gained as a
result of change is also explored. It has, in many ways, been
positive as scientific and technological advances allow
investigators to plot an offender's movements and draw a clearer
picture of what transpired. However, change has created today's
more risk-averse homicide detectives, who must manage the vast
amounts of technological information that modern-day investigations
now generate. They must also contend with a raft of legislation and
guidance that now govern investigations and budget pressures not
faced by their predecessors. The book will be a valuable resource
for students, researchers and policymakers in the areas of criminal
law and procedure, criminal justice, criminology, and policing.
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