Overview

Indicative content: -Features of complex investigations – fraud, organised crime, sexual offending -Range of specialists and resources available -Victims and witnesses and their needs -Cold cases and missing persons -Effectiveness of investigating complex cases and strategies to improve them

Learning Outcomes

• Appreciate the different needs of victims and witnesses in complex crimes

• Examine the additional sources of support and specialists required for investigating complex crime

• Examine the particular features of cold cases and missing persons cases

• Review the effectiveness of complex investigations and strategies to improve these

• Understand processes of investigating more complex crimes