Linking different types of crime using geographical and temporal proximity

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1069-1088

  Tonkin, Matthew ^a   Woodhams, Jessica ^b   Bull, Ray ^a   Bond, John W ^a   Palmer, Emma J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavioral case linkage; comparative case analysis; linkage analysis; offender behavior; serial crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053000889     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854811418599     Document Type: Article

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