Police and Security, Vol. 18 No. 2, 2009.
Professional paper
House to House Enquiries in Homicide Investigation
Josip Pavliček
; Police Academy, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
House to house enquiries will always be an important tactical consideration for the investigators whilst at the same time having the potential to be resource intensive, costlv and vielding low in-vestigative benefit. The main object this enquiries is to conduct a large number of interviews in a defined area in order to identifv persons who can provide information about specific homicide. It is important to take this action as quickly as possible. Alternativelv, by applying an intelligent approach to key sites identified by reason of location, significant sightings and evidential discoverv, house to house enquiries have the potential to be an effective tactical option providing valuable information and evidence. If managed prudently house to house enquiries can be cost effective. This article identifies a standard system for controlling house to house teams, together with nationally drafted documents, for example, questionnaires, index cards and other administrative forms.
Keywords
homicide; house to house enquiry; investigative interview
Hrčak ID:
79339
URI
Publication date:
15.9.2009.
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