Predicting the residential location of a serial commercial robber

Forensic Science International

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-82

  Laukkanen, Manne ^a   Santtila, Pekka ^a  

^a Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu   (Finland)

Author keywords

Circle hypothesis; Commuter; Distance decay; Geographic Profiling; Journey to crime; JTC; Marauder

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARSON; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 30944440669     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.03.020     Document Type: Article

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