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CSIA: Crime Script Investigative Analysis A framework for behaviorally analysing crimes.
Thu, September 12, 4:00 to 5:15pm, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Floor: Ground floor, Petre Antonescu Room (1.30)Abstract
Solving crimes comes down to the reconstruction of the scenario of the crime to answer the 5WH-questions. To counteract the risk of miscarriages of justice due to tunnel vision or suspect-led police work in the investigative stage using a scenario-approach is beneficial as we know from analysis wrongful convictions.
In this study a new method for scenario construction in criminal investigation is proposed: crime script investigative analysis. This new framework links behavioural analysis of crimes (i.e., behavioural investigative advise, or offender profiling) and the systematic analysis of the commission of crimes by focusing on the investigative aspects that added to the classic crime script analysis methodology. Crime script analysis was originally developed to determine all the steps in a crime commission process to help identify potential prevention possibilities by describing phases, scenes, actors (or roles) and props needed.
The current study shows that with adjustments crime script analysis can also be used to create investigative crime scripts that provide scenarios of a crime under investigation. The method has been applied to cases and provided a comprehensive step-by-step account of the decisions and actions that must be taken by the offender at each step for successful completion of the crime under investigation. Using this framework allowed for the consideration of multiple scenarios in a structured way that provided a clear overview of the essential points of difference between the alternatives and an overview of what evidence should be present if that scenario were to be true. The clear presentation of all actions involved individuals, prerequisites, motives, locations, and times provides a perspective for analyzing both hot and cold cases through the crime script investigative method. As such, making it a potentially effective measure against tunnel vision and a useful tool for criminal investigators.