Linking commercial burglaries by modus operandi: Tests using regression and ROC analysis

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 153-164

  Bennell, C ^a,b   Canter, D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burglary; Comparative case analysis; Forensic science; Logistic regression; Modus operandi; ROC analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036663264     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(02)71820-0     Document Type: Article

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