...Eva A.J. van Rosmalen; Annelies Vredeveldt Purpose When eyewitnesses talk to each other after witnessing a crime, they can contaminate each other’s memory. However, laboratory research shows that collaborative interviewing can also result in correction of mistakes and retrieval of more new...

... Field Micro Task Force” model, a collaborative method that incorporates offender profiling and is designed to address unresolved serial homicides, is introduced and evaluated alongside recommendations on attaining adherence. Design/methodology/approach The model was field tested in 17 instances...

..., but it is the anecdotal experience of the authors that the benefits of a blended task force approach may yield greater success. Collaboration Expertise Forensic science Cold case review Cold case team Solvability Cold case review teams have emerged out of both a backlog of unsolved cases...