Library Resources for Criminology/Policing & Justice: Criminal Investigation/Evidence

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NSW HSC Online.

Goldsworthy, T 2009, 'The criminal investigator', Australian Police Journal, vol. 63, no. 4, pp.156-163

Julian, R, Kelty, S & Robertson, J 2012, ''Get it right the first time': Critical Issues at the Crime Scene', vol.24, no.1, pp. 25-37

New South Wales Police Force c2014, The Investigation Process', Victims of Crime Fact Sheet, No.6, pp. 1-2

National Forensic Science Technology Center 2014, Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for Law Enforcement, National Forensic Science Technology Center, Largo, Florida
The full PDF can be downloaded from this site.

Becker, RF & Dutelle, AW c2013, Methodical approach to processing the crime scene, 4th edn, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Burlington, MA, ch.6

U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice 2004, Report: Crime scene investigation: a reference for law enforcement training, U.S.Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Victoria. Parliament. Law Reform Committee 2005, Warrant powers and procedures: final report, Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne

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Go to the publications sections to see publications on the following: Select publications.
Publications include:
Victorian Sentencing Manual
Victorian Criminal Charge Book
Search Warrants Manual
Sexual Assault Manual

James, M, Anderson, J & Putt, J 2009, Missing persons in Australia, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra

Victoria Police, 2005.

Fox, 2001, 'Someone to watch over us: Back to the panopticon?', Criminal Justice, vol.1, no.3, pp. 251–276.

Association of Chief Police Officers and The National Centre for Policing Excellence 2005, Guidance on major incident room standardised administrative procedures (MIRSAP) 2005, National Centre for Policing Excellence, Bedfordshire, UK.

On 26 November 2010, Yara Gambirasio, 13, went missing. Three months later her body was discovered in scrubland nearby. So began one of the most complex murder investigations in Italian history, which will reach its climax later this year

Massimo Bossetti guilty of killing Yara Gambirasio, 13, in case involving 18,000 DNA samples and revelation of illicit affairs. The Guardian, 2016.

Legislation, Registration & Training Requirements.
Published by Victoria Police.

Harvey, R 2009, 'The Independence of the Prosecutor: A Police Perspective', Australian Institute of Criminology, viewed 19 June 2015.

Huey, L 2010, 'I've seen this on CSI': Criminal investigators' perceptions about the management of public expectations in the field', Crime Media Culture, vol. 6, pp. 49-68

AFP using drones to investigate major crime as questions raised over privacy, ABC News, 01/03/14

Lallie, Harjinder Singh 2014, 'The problems and challenges of managing crowd sourced audio-visual evidence', Future Internet, vol.6, no.2

Sentas, V & McMahon, R 2014, 'Changes to police powers of arrest in New South Wales', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 785-801

Krone, T 2002, Fairness and efficiency in summary prosecutions: The independent prosecutor’s dilemma in a ‘law and order’ environment, PhD Thesis, Faculty of Law,
University of New South Wales. See the following section - 5.D.i Distinguishing the decision to arrest from the decision to charge p.169 onwards.

Office of Police Integrity 2009, Review of the use of force by and against Victorian police, OPI, Melbourne

Victoria. Parliament. Law Reform Committee 2005, Warrant powers and procedures: final report, Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne

Published by the Victorian Law Reform Commission, Melbourne, 2007.

Richards, K & Renshaw, L 2013, Bail and remand for young people in Australia: a national research project, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra

Steel, A 2009, 'Bail in Australia: Legislative Introduction and Amendment Since 1970', in M Seagrave (ed), Australain & New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference 2009: Conference Proceedings, Criminology, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, pp.228-243

Published by the Magistrates Court of Victoria.

King, S, Bamford, D & Sarre, R 2009, 'Discretionary decision-making in a dynamic context: the influences on remand decision-makers in two Australian jurisdictions', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 24-40

Bamford, D, King, S & Sarre, R 1999, Factors affecting remand in custody: a study of bail practices in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, Bamford, Kind & Sarre, Adelaide

Sarre, R, Bamford, D & King, S 2003, 'Factors affecting remand in custody in two Australian jurisdictions: some methodological challenges for those exploring systemic issues, Paper presented at the Evaluation in Crime and Justice: Trends and Methods Conference convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology in conjunction with the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, 24-25 March

Booth, Tracey & Townsley, Lesley 2009, 'The process is the punishment: the case of bail in New South Wales,Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 41-58

Sarre, R, King, S & Bamford, D 2006, 'Remand in custody: critical factors and key issues', Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 310, pp.1-6

Crofts, T & Panther, N 2010, 'Changes to police stop and search law in Western Australia: what decent people have to fear', The Western Australian Jurist, vol.1, pp. 57-67

Krone, T 2009, 'Evidence', High Tech Crime Brief no. 4, pp. 1-2.

Victoria Legal Aid, 2014.

Hopkins, T 2006, 'Policing in an era of human rights', Alternative Law Journal, vol. 32, no. 4, p.224.

Victoria. Parliament. Law Reform Committee 2004, The powers of entry, search, seizure and questioning by authorised persons, Government Printer, Melbourne.

Osborn, D 2000, Suppressing the truth: judicial exclusion of illegally obtained evidence in the United States, Canada, England and Australia, Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 7, no.4,

Victoria. Parliament. Law Reform Committee 2005, Warrant powers and procedures: final report, Government Printer, Melbourne.

Newell, P, Hugel, J, Vallely, P, Wright, J, Makin, S, Borysko, L & Lau, A 2011, Clandestine drug laboratory remediation guidelines, Attorney-General's Department, Canberra. This is not written from the criminal investigator's point of view but will assist in thinking through some of the issues and preparation involved in the search and seizure of this kind of crime.

Krone, T 2005, 'International police operations against online child pornography', Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 296, pp.1-6.

Urbas, G & choo, KKR 2008, Resource materials on technology-enabled crime, Australian Institute of Criminology , Canberra.

Victoria Police 2004, Code of practice for the investigation of family violence, Victoria Police, Melbourne