Modelling crime linkage with Bayesian networks

Science and Justice

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 209-217

  de Zoete, Jacob ^a   Sjerps, Marjan ^b   Lagnado, David ^c   Fenton, Norman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Case linkage; Combining evidence; Crime linkage; Serial crime

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84928420238     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: 18764452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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