Information Work
Martin Innes · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2003
Crime investigation is fundamentally a form of information work. It is concerned with the identification, interpretation, and ordering of information with the objective of ascertaining whether a crime has occurred, and if so, who was involved, and how. This chapter focuses on the functions of information in relation to the investigative process. It discusses five kinds of principle sources of information for a homicide enquiry: physical trace materials, co-present eyewitnesses, non-co-present witnesses, self-incrimination, and police intelligence.