A collaborative approach for incorporating forensic case data into crime investigation using criminal intelligence analysis and visualisation

Science and Justice

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 146-153

  Rossy, Quentin ^a   Ribaux, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Criminal intelligence analysis; Criminal investigation; Forensic science; Linkchart; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COORDINATION; CRIME; CRIME INVESTIGATION; CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OFFENDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISUALISATION METHOD;

CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; LINKCHART; VISUALISATION;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRIME; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84895895706     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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