RT Article
T1 Investigator beliefs of homicide crime scene characteristics
JF Applied psychology in criminal justice
VO 15
IS 1
SP 60
OP 85
A1 Reynolds, Joshua J.
A2 Estrada-Reynolds, Victoria
A2 Freng, Scott
A2 McCrea, Sean M.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1919328963
AB Homicide investigators rely on a plethora of sources to solve a case, including their own beliefs and intuitions. We discuss a variety of these beliefs and explore their veracity using a novel approach, coding cases from the documentary television show, Forensic Files. Our results indicate that most of these beliefs are unsupported. However, some beliefs may be predictive. Specifically, a body that was wrapped or placed in a container was indicative that the body had been transported. In addition, finding the victim nude was predictive of rape. We discuss the problems of following inaccurate beliefs, and the potential use of the accurate beliefs we identified.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 83-85
K1 crime scene
K1 homicide beliefs
K1 Intuition
K1 Profiling