The International Cold Case Analysis Project (ICCAP): Investigating Cold Cases Internationally with the Assistance of Students from Police Academies and Universities

Monday, October 16, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST

Location: Room: 11B

Submitter & Moderator(s)

Andrew Carpenter

Senior Lecturer - Policing
Canterbury Christ Church University
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

Speaker(s)

Tara Dickens, PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), AFHEA

Director of Policing
Canterbury Christ Church University
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
Karsten Bettels

Kriminaldirektor
Polizeiakademie Niedersachsen
Nienburg (Weser), Niedersachsen, Germany

The International Cold Case Analysis Project (ICCAP) brings together students from police academies and universities, mentored by forensic and investigation specialists, to help law enforcement advance cold cases. The ICCAP provides a cross-border solution through international collaboration and involves teams from universities in Australia, Austria, Germany, and the UK and trainee police officers from the Police Academy at Lower Saxony, the German Federal Criminal Police Office, and the French Gendarmerie. These teams of international students come together over a four-month period to review unsolved murders, unidentified remains, or missing people cases, culminating in a presentation of their findings to the German public prosecutor and representatives from police forces across Europe.