Doing death work: a typology of how homicide detectives orient to their work

Homicide investigation is among the most prestigious and challenging undertakings in modern day law enforcement agencies. Most metropolitan police departments assign the investigation of suspicious deaths to a dedicated homicide unit staffed by an elite group of specially trained and highly competen...

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Main Author: Dabney, Dean (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2020]
In: Policing and society
Year: 2020, Volume: 30, Issue: 7, Pages: 777-794
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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