Connecting the dots: Assessing the accuracy of geographic profiling software

Policing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 306-334

  Paulsen, Derek J ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crimes; Data analysis; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745447126     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510610667682     Document Type: Article

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