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Using Offender Interviews to Inform Police Problem Solving
Publication year:
2005
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Information about the use of offender interviews in "preventing problems and improving overall incident response, not to investigating offenses or handling specific incidents" is provided. Sections of this guide are: introduction; what offender interviews have found regarding drug dealers and users, residential burglars, armed robbers, gang members, and gun offenders; and concrete advice on conducting offender interviews -- the goals of interviews, who to interview, who should conduct the interview, how to find appropriate subjects, convincing subjects to participate, informed consent, maintaining field relations, conducting interviews, sorting out the truth, analyzing the interview results, and presenting the findings.