Geographic Profiling
Abstrak
Geographic profiling is a criminal investigative methodology for determining the most probable area of offender residence through a geospatial analysis of the locations in a crime series. The technique, based on the theories and concepts of environmental criminology, helps detectives prioritize suspects during a criminal investigation. Recently, geographic profiling has been used in a number of innovative applications outside of policing. Biologists in England have studied the foraging patterns of pipistrelle bat colonies in Scotland and the search routes of bumblebees using the geoprofiling algorithm. The technique has been applied by zoologists to identify the hunting epicenter of white sharks in False Bay, South Africa, while ecologists have identified the origins of invasive plant species in Great Britain and the base of a Mediterranean algal invasion. Finally, epidemiologists have used geoprofiling to prioritize sources for such diseases as cholera, malaria, and anthrax. Geographic profiling is a rare example of a method from the social sciences traveling across disciplines to the natural sciences. This presentation will explain the theory and mathematics of the technique and discuss its various applications in the biological sciences.
Penulis (1)
Kim Rossmo
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 191×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1201/9781420048780
- Akses
- Open Access ✓