How Tasmania Police has achieved breakthroughs in investigative interviewing training
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Powell, Martine
Curtis, Phil
Zekiroski, Hamida
Cockburn, Helen
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2019
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Crime investigation has benefited from advancements in technology. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage along with comparisons of fingerprints, DNA and other chemical / biological evidence has provided police investigators with potentially verifiable means of linking or eliminating crime suspects (Horvath & Meesig, 1996). Advances in technology for identifying physical evidence, however, are no universal panacea. For many crime types, such as sexual assault, these technological advances offer limited assistance in determining what has actually occurred (Tarczon & Quadera, 2012) because there may be little physical evidence ...
View more >Crime investigation has benefited from advancements in technology. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage along with comparisons of fingerprints, DNA and other chemical / biological evidence has provided police investigators with potentially verifiable means of linking or eliminating crime suspects (Horvath & Meesig, 1996). Advances in technology for identifying physical evidence, however, are no universal panacea. For many crime types, such as sexual assault, these technological advances offer limited assistance in determining what has actually occurred (Tarczon & Quadera, 2012) because there may be little physical evidence of the crime or the victim and alleged offender are already known to each other (Tarczon & Quadera, 2012). The majority of crimes investigated by police are solved through verbal evidence obtained in interviews (GoodmanDelahunty & Newell, 2004).
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View more >Crime investigation has benefited from advancements in technology. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage along with comparisons of fingerprints, DNA and other chemical / biological evidence has provided police investigators with potentially verifiable means of linking or eliminating crime suspects (Horvath & Meesig, 1996). Advances in technology for identifying physical evidence, however, are no universal panacea. For many crime types, such as sexual assault, these technological advances offer limited assistance in determining what has actually occurred (Tarczon & Quadera, 2012) because there may be little physical evidence of the crime or the victim and alleged offender are already known to each other (Tarczon & Quadera, 2012). The majority of crimes investigated by police are solved through verbal evidence obtained in interviews (GoodmanDelahunty & Newell, 2004).
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Australian Police Journal
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73
Issue
2
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Applied and developmental psychology
Curriculum and pedagogy
Police administration, procedures and practice
Forensic psychology
Vocational education and training curriculum and pedagogy