Essays about: "serial offender"

Found 4 essays containing the words serial offender.

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. 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

5. 4. Partners in Crime: Toward an Integrated, Explanatory Theory of Serial Killer Collaboration

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

   Author : Monique Braimovic; [2015]
   Keywords : Interpersonal; Offender collaboration; Serial homicide; Serial killer; Social learning; Trauma control model;

   Abstract : The study of serial killer collaboration has received little attention in academia. While current explanatory theories of serial homicide can include subtypes of serial killers that operate alone, the study of collaborating serial killers has been neglected. READ MORE