Solvability Factors

There are 12 Solvability Factors namely:

1. Witnesses to a crime
2. Knowledge of a suspect’s name
3. Knowledge where a suspect can be located
4. Description of a suspect
5. Identification of a suspect
6. Property with identifiable characteristics, marks, or numbers, so it can be traced
7. A significant modus operandi
8. Significant physical evidence
9. Description that identifies the vehicle used by the suspect
10. Positive results from a crime scene evidence search
11. Belief that a crime may be solved with reasonable additional investigative effort
12. Opportunity for, but one person to have committed the crime