Gender is also important in any mystery. Most old mysteries show the main character, or the person who solves the mystery, as a male. Some more modern mysteries display women in this role. What gender this role is makes a difference in how the case is solved. Women in this role tend to use their own sixth sense or feelings and behaviors of others on trying to solve a case.
Men use the straightforward facts.
They don t look at how someone is behaving, unless they are acting suspicious or doing anything extraordinary. Both genders have advantages and disadvantages in case solving. In relation to The Bone Collector, if Chaney had been in charge, he would ve used all the facts from the evidence. In fact, he tried to do that once in the film, and he was lead astray, nowhere near the murderer. Amelia used the evidence, but she had a sense that led her to be an expert in the field of forensics.