Social media is becoming a popular tool in law enforcement, especially in departments serving smaller cities, the survey said.
Meanwhile, UK police also set traps for suspects using attractive windfalls as bait.
In one case, undercover Derbyshire police officers sent letters to dozens of people who had evaded arrest asking them to call a marketing company to collect a free crate of beer, a report in The Telegraph said.
The fugitives were told that they needed to arrange a date and time for the free alcohol to be dropped off at a certain address.
But instead of getting free beer, the wanted men found themselves confronted by police, handcuffed and under arrest.
A total 19 suspects fell for the hoax and called the number on the letter, which put them through to police officers.
Chief Inspector GrahamMcLaughlin, who is leading the project known as Operation Rocky, told The Telegraph:
"It has been very cost-effective as it can take a lot of time and money to track people down. We will continue to use new tactics when necessary."
Besides challenging psychological capability of the fugitives, police in the UK, the US, Germany and many other countries also use TV shows, which reconstruct the crime scenes, to find criminals.
In 1984, BBC began to broadcast the TV program Crimewatch, which reconstructs major unsolved crimes with the purpose of gaining information from the public.
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