Overview
- Examines the practical challenges when applying social network analysis within law enforcement and intelligence environments
- Draws on qualitative interviews with crime intelligence analysts
- Speaks to researchers and practitioners interested in social network analysis, intelligence analysis and law enforcement
Part of the book series: Crime Prevention and Security Management (CPSM)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the use of social network analysis (SNA) in operational environments from the perspective of those who actually apply it. A rapidly growing body of literature suggests that SNA can reveal significant insights into the overall structure of criminal networks as well as the position of critical actors within such groups. This book draws on the existing SNA and intelligence literature, as well as qualitative interviews with crime intelligence analysts from two Australian state law enforcement agencies to understand its use by law enforcement agencies and the extent to which it can be used in practice. It includes a discussion of the challenges that analysts face when attempting to apply various network analysis techniques to criminal networks. Overall, it advances SNA as an investigative tool, and provides a significant contribution to the field that will be of interest to both researchers and practitioners interested in social network analysis, intelligence analysisand law enforcement.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Morgan Burcher is Honorary Fellow at Deakin University, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Network Analysis and Law Enforcement
Book Subtitle: Applications for Intelligence Analysis
Authors: Morgan Burcher
Series Title: Crime Prevention and Security Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47771-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47770-7Published: 25 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47773-8Published: 26 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47771-4Published: 24 July 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-3513
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3521
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 195
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Policing, Cybercrime, Organized Crime, Crime Prevention, Terrorism, Security