Homicide Process Mapping
In this strategy guide:
Overview
Homicide Process Mapping: Best Practices for Increasing Homicide Clearances is a guidebook on practices employed consistently by a group of major police departments that have historically solved over 80 percent of homicides. Sponsored by the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, this guidebook includes
- model organizational teams and resources to solve homicides and other serious crimes
- summaries of best practices in homicide investigations
- checklists of activities to do within the first 8, 24, and 48 hours of a homicide
- model worksheets for homicide callouts and investigation briefings.
How Effective Is Homicide Process Mapping for Different Kinds of Problems?
- This strategy is effective for solving serious crimes.
- This strategy is potentially effective for improving relations with the community when done in partnership with the community.