Investigative Decision Making: Missing People and Sexual Offences, Crossroads to an Uncertain Future

摘要

In recent years, detective competence and particularly investigative decision making havenbeen subject to serious criticism and a number of high-profile reviews. Concerns aroundninvestigative competence do not just focus around decisions made on the ground but policenattitudes to certain crimes. This paper examines police decision making in the context ofnmissing people and sexual violence and identifies challenges in the development ofninvestigative competence in the context of police budget cuts and substantial reform.nCopyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.