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 "Providing the law enforcement community accurate information about motives of perpetrators enables investigators to conduct logical, motive-based investigations."

Research is also currently con­ducted in other topics such as the history of psychological services in policing and the administrative goals of the NCAVC. These projects will be finished in the near future, and their conclusions published as they are completed.

Yet another important area for research is terrorism. An NCAVC member will soon be publishing the results of several years of research in­ to training programs that are designed to enable individuals who may be held as hostages in terrorist—or other­—situations to cope more effectively with the stress of their captivity. This research emphasizes hostage survival.

The future itself is a study for the NCAVC. The anticipation offuture prob­ lems in law enforcement is not being neglected. Using Delphi methodology, a member of the NCAVC is now com­ pleting a serious study that attempts to determine the directions of law enforce­ ment in the next 20 years.

Future Research

The future also holds promise for other research topics. Using unique­—yet valid—methods for research, members of the NCAVC can address such areas as public corruption, fugitives from justice, jury selection, child molestation, terrorism, and extor­tion. In fact, areas in the criminal justice system still needing research are limitless.

The changing image and mission of the FBI in the past 10 years have pro­vided the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime with an un­paralleled opportunity to dig into the foundations of violent and nonviolent crimes with the hope of discovering clues about the behavior of offenders that can be applied in a prac­tical fashion to investigations. Members of the NCAVC hope to continue searching to support investigations into violent crime. FBI 8 / FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin