Testing the utility of a geographical profiling approach in three rape series of a single offender: A case study

Forensic Science International

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-52

  Santtila, Pekka ^a   Zappalà, Angelo ^b   Laukkanen, Manne ^c   Picozzi, Massimo ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Distance decay; Geographical profiling; Journey to crime; Serial rape

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE;

EID: 0037426775     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00385-7     Document Type: Article

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