Investigative thinking and creativity: an empirical study of police detectives in Norway

Geoff Dean, Ivar Andre Fahsing, Petter Gottschalk and Hans Solli-Saether

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2008, vol. 5, issue 2, 170-185

Abstract: This paper makes distinctions among four investigative thinking styles of detectives: method style, challenge style, skill style, and risk style. Based on previous research, this study empirically tested, to what extent there are cumulative relationships among these thinking styles. Furthermore, this research studied relationships between investigative thinking styles and creativity in police investigations. Significant relationships were found between the extent of the challenge and risk styles and the extent of creativity.

Keywords: creative thinking; cumulative property; investigative culture; police investigations; structural model; survey research; thinking styles; police detectives; Norway; creativity. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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