Effective Detective

© Crown Copyright 2000First Published 2000Policing and Reducing Crime Unit: Police Research SeriesThe Policing and Reducing Crime Unit (PRC) was formed in 1998 as a result ofthe merger of the Police Research Group (PRG) and the Research and StatisticsDirectorate. PRC is now part of the Research, Development and StatisticsDirectorate of the Home Office. PRC carries out and commissions research in thesocial and management sciences on policing and crime reduction.PRC has now combined PRG’s two main series into the Police Research Series.This series will present research material on crime prevention and detection as wellas police management and organisation issues.Research commissioned by PRG will appear as a PRC publication.Throughout the text there may be references to PRG and these now need to beunderstood as relating to the PRC Unit.“The views expressed in this report are those of the author, not necessarily those of theHome Office (nor do they reflect Government policy).”ISBN 1-84082-398-4Copies of this publication can be made available in formats accessible tothe visually impaired on request.(ii)