Publications and Articles
An Analysis of Variables Affecting the Clearance of Homicides:
A Multisite Study
Justice Research and Statistics Association, February 1999
By Charles Wellford and James Cronin
Analysis_of_Variables_Affecting_the_Clearance_of_Homicides.pdf
Arizona Attorney General’s Cold Case Task Force Report
www.azag.gov/law_enforcement/ColdCaseTaskForceReport2007.pdf
“Cold Cases:
Resources for Agencies, Resolution for Families”
NIJ Journal, July 2008.
By Charles Heurich
www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/222903.pdf
“Cold Cases: Strategies Explored at NIJ Regional
Trainings”
NIJ Journal, July 2008.
By Beth Schuster
www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/222904.pdf
“How Cold Case Squads Work”
Information and resources for developing a cold case squad.
www.ncjrs.gov/html/bja/coldcasesquads/index.html
“Implementing a Cold Case Homicide Unit: A Challenging
Task”
FBI
Law Enforcement Bulletin, Feb.
2005
By Vivian B. Lord
The article provides insight into the budgetary constraints of running a cold case unit and the resolve of the district attorney to prosecute after a successful investigation.
www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2005/feb05leb.pdf
“New Technology and Old Police Work Solve Cold Sex Crimes”
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Sept. 2003
By James Markey
The article discusses a NIJ grant awarded to the Phoenix Police Department to establish the Phoenix Cold Case Sex Crime Team.
www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2003/sept2003/sept03leb.htm#page_2
“Resurrecting Cold Case Serial Homicide Investigations”
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Aug. 2005
By Leonard G. Johns, Gerard F. Downs and Camille D.
Bibles
The article introduces the FBI’s
www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2005/august05leb.pdf
“Suspect in unsolved Phoenix sex-assault cases identified via DNA”
Arizona Republic
By JJ Hensley
“Using DNA to Solve Cold Cases”
LawOfficer.com
By Suzzana Ryan
www.lawofficer.com/news-and-articles/columns/ryan/dna_cold_case.html
Cold Case Squads:
Leaving No Stone Unturned
http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/bja/coldcasesquads/199781.pdf
Office of Justice Programs: Resource Guide to Law
Enforcement, Corrections, and Forensic Technologies
Resource_Guide_to_Law_EnforcementCorrections&ForensicTech.pdf
NIJ Special Report: Crime Scene Investigations: A Guide
for Law Enforcement
Crime
Scene Investigation - A_Guide_for_Law_Enforcement.pdf
NIJ Special Report: Death Investigations: A Guide for
Scene Investigator
Death
Investigation - A_Guide_for_the_Scene_Investigator.pdf
NIJ Special Report: Identifying Victims Using DNA: A
Guide for Families
Identifying_Victims_Using_DNA-A_Guide_for_Families.pdf
NIJ Special Report: What Every Law Enforcement Officer
Should Know About DNA Evidence
What_Every_Law_Enforcement_Officer_Should_Know_About_DNA_Evid.pdf
NIJ Special Report: Using DNA to Solve Cold
Cases.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/194197.pdf