Essays about: "Geographic profiling"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Geographic profiling.

  1. 1. Hunting the hunters - Evaluating a new method of Geographic Profiling

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Max Pröckl; [2024]
    Keywords : rgeoprofile; crimestat; journey-to-crime; geographic profiling; qgis; geographical profiling; Örebromannen; Kim Rossmo; David Canter; Ned Levine.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Geographic Profiling (GP) may be used when searching for an unknown offender by applying mathematical algorithms to geographical information. This thesis aimed to contribute to improvement of the efficiacy of GP’s produced by law enforcement by evaluating a the new Spaulding/Morris Centrographic (SMC)-method of GP that claims to counteract two of the main difficulties when constructing a GP in a real world investigation: 1. READ MORE

  3. 2. AN EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION OF THE CIRCLE THEORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RANGE : A CASE STUDY OF ‘AMAGERMANDEN’

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Luna Olorenshaw; [2022]
    Keywords : geographical profiling; marauder; commuter; the Circle Theory of Environmental Range; serial offender; serial crimes;

    Abstract : Geographical profiling (GP) is a method used to determine an offender’s most likely area of residence. GP helps to better understand the spatial behaviour of an offender, by connecting series of crimes in a specific area. READ MORE

  4. 3. Privacy-preserving proof-of-location using homomorphic encryption

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för systemteknik

    Author : Carmen Lee; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Location-based software services require knowledge about a user's geographic data. Sharing these data risks compromising the user's privacy, exposes the user to targeted marketing, and enables potentially undesired behavioural profiling. Today, there exist several privacy-preserving proof-of-location solutions. READ MORE

  5. 4. GEOGRAPHIC PROFILING. LOCATING THE SERIAL MURDERERS

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Stavros Makris; [2018]
    Keywords : Geography of crime; Profiling; Location; Serial crime; Murderers; Shootings;

    Abstract : Geographic profiling is a technique used by crime investigators and the police to examine the locations of a connected series of crimes, to determine the most probable area of the offender’s residence. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, Geographic profiling helps to better interpret the spatial behavior of an offender and focuses the investigation on a specific and smaller area of the community. READ MORE

  6. 5. Parallelizing Map Projection of Raster Data on Multi-core CPU and GPU Parallel Programming Frameworks

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Daniel Chavez; [2016]
    Keywords : map projection; reprojection; raster; gpu;

    Abstract : Map projections lie at the core of geographic information systems and numerous projections are used today. The reprojection between different map projections is recurring in a geographic information system and it can be parallelized with multi-core CPUs and GPUs. READ MORE