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>Lee’s goal was to eliminate human bias from death investigations. “[F]ar too often the investigator ‘has a hunch,’ and looks for and finds only the evidence to
by PopAlongKid 2y ago
>Lee’s goal was to eliminate human bias from death investigations. “[F]ar too often the investigator ‘has a hunch,’ and looks for and finds only the evidence to support it, disregarding any other evidence that may be present,” she wrote in an article for a criminology journal. “This attitude would be calamitous in investigating an actual case.”
But that's how Columbo[0] solves almost every case, using the perpetrator's over-reliance on "other evidence that may be present" against them.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbo
- tcbawo 2y agoAlthough it also helps that he was able to get a confession most(?) of the time
- bugglebeetle 2y agoAs much as I love Peter Falk, we should remember that Columbo was a fictional character whose presentation had little to do with the actual work of solving crimes.
- PopAlongKid 2y ago>we should remember that Columbo was a fictional character Sure, which is why I included a link for those not familiar. >whose presentation had little to do with the actual work of solving crimes. It seems very plausible to me that for a pre-meditated murder, the perpetrator might very well try to create fake but valid-seeming evidence pointing away from them, as much as creating an alibi. So I think the need to distinguish real evidence from fake (as Columbo is wont to do) is very much involved in the actual work of solving crimes.