Geographical Profiling & Criminology

Introduction

Geographic profiling is an investigating method, in which we use the locations of serial crimes to evaluate the most likely place of residence of the offender. Due to the advancements in GIS technology, crime analysis became more effective by investigating the motion place of a serial offender via journey-to-crime estimation, psychology of investigation. Geographic profiling can be used as the deciding element in several investigations. Many other investigating methods including suspect prioritization, address searches based on police record systems, neighborhood canvasses and searches, patrol saturation and surveillance, DNA screening. The basis of geographical profiling is the connection between ...