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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Crime pattern theory"”.
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Child Abductors Who Have Killed Their Victims: A Theoretical Approach to Spatial Analysis
… distances traveled by the offender between key crime locations. The overall aim of this study was to provide information concerning typical travel distances of offenders. This project utilized an archival data set compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Center for the Analysis …
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Exploring crime prevention measures to address motor vehicle theft in Jozini, Kwazulu-Natal
Vehicle crimes, particularly vehicle theft and hijacking, are some of the most challenging crimes in South Africa. Vehicle crimes have tremendous impact on the stability of our country as people have lost trust in the police and related government departments due to their inability to curb these …
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The Evolution of <i>Mara Salvatrucha 13</i> and <i>Barrio 18</i>: Violence, Extortion, and Drug Trafficking in the Northern Triangle of Central America
… governments reclassifying gangs as organized crime and/or terrorist organizations; but, do these gangs meet the requirements to be classified as such?</p> <p>The overall purpose of this study is to examine the evolution of MS-13 and Barrio 18 in the Northern Triangle of Central America using …
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Spatial signatures and mental maps: Using offenders’ activity locations to enhance geographic profiling for crime investigations
In crime investigations, geographic profiling involves inferring information about ‘whodunit’ from information about where and when the crime occurred. Such inferences are possible because people usually commit crime in places they know, rather than seeking opportunities elsewhere. The ‘spatial …