Crime Scene and Distance Correlates of Serial Rape

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-59

  Warren, Janet ^a   Reboussin, Roland ^b   Hazelwood, Robert R ^c   Cummings, Andrea ^d   Gibbs, Natalie ^e   Trumbetta, Susan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^c Academy Group   (United States)

^d Weil Gotshal and Manges LLP   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime scene analysis; Criminal geographic targeting; Criminal investigative analysis; Environmental criminology; Geographic profiling; Journey to crime; Serial rape; Spatial analysis of crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042042165     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023044408529     Document Type: Article

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