Seeking 'Closure' in Unsolved Homicide Cases

该项目旨在通过研究失去亲人的家庭和一线警察面对未解决的杀人案的经验，改变对“结束”的概念理解。通过实地调查和访谈，它将研究警察和家庭如何努力管理失落、沮丧、责备和失败的感觉。该项目将创造新的语言和叙事模式，以更好地定位悲伤，困惑和无法解决的感觉，并帮助人们理解甚至最终找到这些经历的意义。结果将导致大大改善家庭和警察之间的沟通，制定更有效的支助战略，并将远远超出司法系统的社会和文化应用。

The project aims to transform conceptual understandings of ‘closure’ by studying the experiences of bereaved families and frontline police confronting unsolved homicide. Through fieldwork and interviews, it will research how police and families struggle to manage feelings of loss, frustration, blame and failure. The project will craft new language and narrative modes to better situate feelings of grief, confusion and non-resolution, and help people comprehend and ultimately even find meaning in these experiences. Results will lead to significantly improved communication between families and police, to the development of more effective support strategies, and will have social and cultural applications far and beyond the justice system.