Police Research in the Federal Republic of Germany 15 Years Research Within the “Bundeskriminalamt”

In 1973, the central office of the German police, the Federal Criminal Police Office, was legally obliged "to maintain the necessary facilities for...research in forensic science", "to monitor crime trends and compile analytical reports and statistics on this basis", and "to...

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Other Authors: Kube, Edwin (Editor), Störzer, Hans U. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Introductory Section
  • 1 The Bundeskriminalamt: The German Federal Criminal Police Office
  • 2 Police Research and Its Significance for Policing and Criminal Policy
  • 3 “State Criminology”: An Old Phenomenon — A New Problem
  • II The Picture of Crime
  • 4 Crime Analysis
  • 5 Research on Hidden Crime
  • 6 Unreported Violent Crime: A Victim Telephone Survey in Heidelberg
  • 7 Public Opinion Relating to Crime and Police Action
  • 8 Asking the Victims
  • III Urban Planning and Crime Prevention
  • 9 Architecture and Crime Prevention
  • 10 Reflections on Crime Prevention in Areas with a Low Crime Rate
  • IV Crime-Specific Studies
  • 11 Studies on Violence
  • 12 Perspectives on Drug Users
  • 13 Economic Crime
  • 14 Organized Crime in the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 15 Environmental Crime: Present Status and Future Trends
  • 16 The Escape Behavior of Bank Robbers and Circular Blockade Operations by the Police
  • 17 Preventing Bank Robbery: The Offense from the Robber’s Perspective
  • V Enhancing Effectiveness of Detection and Criminal Investigation
  • 18 Investigation of Economic Crime
  • 19 Technical Support of Drug Detection
  • 20 Police Information Retrieval Systems and the Role of Electronic Data Processing
  • 21 The Role of Pattern Recognition in Forensic Science: An Introduction to Methods
  • 22 Computer-Aided Identification of Handwriting
  • 23 Digital Image Processing
  • Appendix: Scientific Publications of the BKA H. U. Störzer
  • Name Index