Excerpt from my book Out of Bounds: Innovation and Change in Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis:
"Because narratives provide context for understanding, the stories of analysts’ “high points” may give readers a sense of what analytical work “looks like” when it works. The stories as reproduced here are no substitute for actually hearing the stories and the energy behind them; however, the basic work stories and “archetypal stories” delineate some of the aspects of analytical work that impart energy to participants.
The Basic Types of Work Stories
Many analysts had high points that involved four main categories:
■ The Identification of a Crime Series Story: A crime analyst is the first one to notice an existing pattern of crimes in which the same perpetrator(s) seems to be responsible — a crime series — and the series does, in fact, exist.
■ The Pieces of Information Turning into a Big Case Story: An intelligence analyst gets boxes of information, sometimes CDs full of information, and sorts through all of it (analyzes it) to uncover information that leads to an even bigger investigation.
■ The Prediction Leading to Arrest Story: A crime analyst makes a prediction regarding the next likely time and place a serial criminal will offend and the offender is apprehended based on the analyst’s accurate prediction.
■ The Successful Investigation Leading to Prosecution Story: An intelligence analyst supports an investigation through appropriate analysis and visualization of data, creating relevant reports and graphics; the analyst’s work is used in court to help successfully prosecute the targets of the investigation."
(The book is free and is available at this link.)
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