Operational case analysis
The operative case analysis ( OFA ) is of case analysts of the police in unexplained crimes used to new investigative approaches to obtain. One branch of the OFA is cold case management . It is also used to create a perpetrator profile and to identify serial crimes.
OFA is part of criminology . The term was coined in the Federal Criminal Police Office in the Department of Criminal Investigations and was uniformly adopted by the state police, whereby some different designations previously existing in the federal states were replaced.
The operative case analysis is usually only used for serious crimes such as homicides and sexual offenses , arson and terrorist attacks . It is required if the police investigations have not led to clear findings about the perpetrator, course of action, victim behavior or other relevant elements of the crime.
In the OFA, the objective data are indeed reassessed to hypothesize their background. Therefore it takes place separately from the actual police investigation. It can also be used during the investigation, but is usually used afterwards.
Case analyzes are carried out in Germany by the Federal Criminal Police Office as well as in the analysis centers of the individual State Criminal Police Offices , with the exception of Bavaria , where the relevant body is located at the Munich Police Headquarters . The first OFA was carried out in Germany in 1987 by the BKA.
Currently, the database system by the police in Germany VICLAS (engl. Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System = analysis system for the series together with violent crimes ) in close connection with the operational case analysis. It is used in homicides and sexual offenses in which there were no family or other acquaintances between the victim and the perpetrator. A recent development within the field is geographical case analysis.
In the opinion of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), case analysis reports - or the findings made therein - do not constitute evidence admissible under the Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO) . According to the BGH, assessments that are limited to drawing conclusions about the course of events from established evidence are incumbent on the main proceedings alone the trial court .
literature
- Cornelia Musolff, Jens Hoffmann (Ed.): Perpetrator profiles in violent crimes. Myth, Theory, Practice and Forensic Use of Profiling . 2., revised. u. exp. Ed., 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-33345-6
- A. Mokros; D. Schinke: Geographical case analysis, perpetrator profiles in violent crimes. Perpetrator profiles in violent crimes - myth, theory, practice and forensic application of profiling , 2007, Springer, ISBN 978-3-540-33345-6 (print) 978-3-540-68647-7 (online)
- Joachim Käppner: Profiler: On the trail of serial criminals and terrorists , 2013, Hanser Berlin, ISBN 978-3446243682
- Alexander Horn: The logic of the act , 2014, Droemer HC, ISBN 978-3-426-27626-6
Web links
- The term "operational case analysis". Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- Ingrid Eißele, Dominik Stawski: Case analyst Andreas Tröster: "I've never had the impression of chasing a Hannibal Lecter". Stern.de , August 6, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Operative Case Analysis Police NRW, accessed on July 16, 2020.
- ↑ Operative case analysis (OFA) . In: bka.de . Retrieved March 8, 2020.
- ↑ Operative case analysis (OFA) - case analysis procedures and the ViCLAS database at the German police. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ ViCLAS as a supporting case database. Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Harald Dern et al. a .: Quality standards of case analysis for the federal and state police forces. Federal Criminal Police Office , 2010, accessed on October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Decision of the BGH (Az. 3 StR 77/06) of June 1, 2006 on the findings made in a case analysis report by the LKA Schleswig-Holstein