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Pilot study of method to review closed organized crime files : final report on phase 1 and recommendations for phase 2 / Colin Meredith and Neil Chambers.

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Location

Canadian Policing Research

Resource

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Authors

Description

1 online resource (v, 26, [13] pages) : charts

Note

Issued also in French under title: Étude pilote d'une méthode d'examen de dossiers classés relatifs au crime organisé.
"March 15, 2004".
Authors affiliated with: ARC Applied Research Consultants.

Summary

"This report presents the findings of a pilot study to develop and test a methodology to review closed organized crime files dealt with by the Federal Prosecution Service (FPS). This study is Phase 1 of a two-part review, which is to provide a clear description of the nature and volume of organized crime files prosecuted by the FPS. In Phase 1, a method for the conduct of these file reviews was developed and tested. Subject to the findings and recommendations of Phase 1, Phase 2 will extend the tested method to a larger and more representative sample of files. The key components of the pilot study were the development of an operational definition of an organized crime file, the identification and collection of data on a sample of files which conform to this definition, and analysis of the results of the pilot test. The focus of this analysis was on the feasibility of extending the method to a larger sample of files for the purpose of generating nationally representative estimates of the volume and nature of closed organized crime files."--Page iii.

Subject

Online Access

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Development of the pilot test method -- 3. Findings of the site visits -- A. Availability of individual data items -- B. Overall assessment of site visits -- 4. The SPSS research database -- A. Administrative data -- B. File-level data -- C. Accused-level data -- D. Charge-level data -- E. Summary -- 5. Conclusions and recommendations -- A. Conclusions -- B. Recommendations for phase 2 -- C. Final thoughts -- Appendix A. File review instrument used in pilot study -- Appendix B. File review instrument recommended for phase 2.

Series

Research report (Canada. Department of Justice. Research and Statistics Division) ; rr05-2e.

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