On this weeks episode, Janelle and Vicky take a look at linkage blindness, an issue plaguing law enforcement across the country. Join us as the ladies discuss the issues, and some possible solutions to help solve these cases.
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Research Links here!:
The University of Southern Mississippi – “Policy and Procedure As a Prelude To Peril: Linkage Blindness, Cultural Lag and the Terrorism of 9/11”
WGN9 – “Rep. Bobby Rush holds meeting after dozens of women found strangled to death in Chicago”
WGN9 – “Residents march in the name of dozens of women missing, found slain on South and West sides”
Okayplayer – “Missing Woman Shantieya Smith Found Dead In The Same Area Chicago Teen Was Discovered”
FBI.gov – “Serial Murder: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives for Investigators”
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Cosmopolitan – “Police Suspect “Foul Play” in Case of a Pregnant Woman Who’s Been Missing for Over Two Weeks”
APA PsycNet – “A working definition of serial murder and the reduction of linkage blindness”
WGN9 – “‘Stop Taking Our Girls’ on mission to stop abductions of African American women”
Criminology & Justice – “Serial Murder: Difficulties within an Investigation”
Chicago Sun-Times – “‘Say their names. Say all 51 of their names'”
Block Club Chicago – “After Years Of Unsolved Murders, West Side Women Launch Stop Taking Our Girls Campaign”
Block Club Chicago – “Is There A Serial Killer Targeting Black Women In Chicago? After 50 Women Slain, FBI And CPD Form Task Force To Investigate”
NBC Chicago – “Family of Murdered Woman Says Possible Serial Killer on Loose”
WBBM NewRadio – “Community Wants Police To Do More To Solve Cases Of Murdered, Missing Black Women”
Cosmopolitan – “Experts Believe a Serial Killer Is Behind 51 Unsolved Strangulation Cases in Chicago”
The Marshall Project – “Why Are American Cops So Bad at Catching Killers?”
Wikipedia – “Darren Deon Vann”
Murderpedia – “Darren Deon Vann”
Medium – “Who is Darren Deon Vann? Inside the case of one of Indiana’s most prolific serial killers.”
“The Big Book of Serial Killers Volume 2: Another 150 Serial Killer Files of the World’s Worst Murderers (An Encyclopedia of Serial Killers)” by Jack Rosewood and Rebecca Lo (Amazon)
