RT Article
T1 The Appliance of Science? The Theory and Practice of Crime Intelligence Analysis
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 45
IS 1
SP 39
OP 57
A1 Innes, Martin
A2 Fielding, Nigel 1950-
A2 Cope, Nina
LA Undetermined
YR 2005
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640350063
AB Intelligence analysis has emerged as an important component of contemporary policing strategies. Drawing upon qualitative data and a perspective informed by some of the concepts associated with the sociology of scientific knowledge, this paper provides an epistemologically oriented critique of some of the key techniques associated with crime analysis. Data presented suggest that crime analysis: is used in line with traditional modes of policing; is a way of claiming scientific objectivity' for police actions; and is largely shaped by police perspectives on data. It is argued that the sense of enhanced objectivity often attributed to the products of intelligence work' is frequently overstated. The products of crime analysis are better understood as an artefact of the data and methods used in their construction, rather than providing an accurate representation of any crime problems
K1 Polizeiarbeit
K1 Kriminalitätsanalyse
K1 Informationsverarbeitung
K1 Polizei
K1 Wissenschaftlichkeit
K1 Informationstechnologie