CrimeFighter Investigator: Integrating synthesis and sense-making for criminal network investigation

Security Informatics

Table 2 Overview of end user feedback on the usability and relevance of supporting criminal network investigation processes and tasks within the end users investigation domains

	Investigative journalism	Counterterrorism	Policing	Research and industry
Aquisition
Acquisition methods	+	+	+	+
Dynamic attributes	+	+	+	+
Attribute mapping	+	+	+	+
Synthesis
Entities	+	+	+	+
Associations	+	+	+	+
Re-structuring	+	+	−	+
Grouping	−	−	−	+
Collapsing and expanding	−	+	−	+
Brainstorming	+	−	−	+
Information types	−	+	+	+
Emerging attributes	−	+	+	+
Sense-making
Retracing the steps	−	+	+	−
Creating hypotheses	+	+	+	−
Adaptive modeling	−	+	−	−
Prediction	+	+	−	+
Alias detection	−	+	−	−
Exploring perspectives	−	+	+	−
Decision-making	−	−	+	−
Social network analysis	+	+	+	−
Dissemination
Storytelling	+	−	+	−
Report generation	−	−	+	−

To indicate the relevance of supporting the investigative task we use + and a − is used to indicate when support is not a priority.