Towards Forensic Whistleblowing? From Traces to Intelligence

Forensic Science Understanding by Police Managers: New Opportunities to Re-think Its Involvement in Policing

“…The adoption of such a proactive forensic pathway on serial crime and prolific offenders could look locked by operational or even "pathological" obstacles in law enforcement agencies (Sheptycki, 2004), but forensic data beholds interesting qualities for democratic rights (Grossrieder & Ribaux, 2017). For instance, there is no need of coercive measures (house search, arrest, etc.)…”

La gestion des informations dans le cadre de l’analyse criminelle de la délinquance sexuelle sérielle

“…Ce processus a déjà été mis en place en Suisse avec la Plateforme d'Information du CICOP pour l'Analyse et le Renseignement (PICAR) dont l'un des objectifs est la détection des crimes sériels et particulièrement ceux liés à la propriété (ex. : cambriolage d'habitation) (voir Birrer, 2010 ;Grossrieder, 2017 ;Grossrieder et al, 2013 ;Grossrieder et Ribaux, 2017). Dans ce système, les crimes sont classifiés en patterns établis sur la base des théories situationnelles en criminologie (Birrer, 2010).…”

Special Edition on Policing (at) the ESC - Perspectives from the Lausanne School of Criminal Justice

“…In this line of thought, several contributions suggested the monitoring of crime-related data such as waste (water), traces collected on burglaries, skimming or forgeries of identity documents, as well as information gathered on violent serial crimes. Such systematic approaches call for an 'information-led policing' through the gathering and exploitation of information for early detection, identification, and understanding of crime-related problems (Esseiva and Delémont, 2018;Grossrieder and Ribaux, 2018;Chopin et al, 2018, in this issue). These contributions suggest that recurrences and anomalies within the structure of an individual or collective behaviour involved in litigious activities will cause patterns that can be detected and interpreted.…”