Catching criminals

• Published in: The Scientist Vol. 27; no. 4; p. 21
• Main Author: Mole, Beth Marie
• Format: Journal Article Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Midland Scientist Inc 01.04.2013; LabX Media Group
• Subjects: Biologists; Cholera; Colleges & universities; Criminal profiling; Criminals; Graduate students; Murders & murder attempts; Practice; Serial crime; Tropical diseases; United Kingdom

Most criminals aren't going to commit a crime on their own doorstep- there's a buffer zone- but they're also not going to travel long distances to places they don't know well, Le Comber explains. [...]when you create a 3-D graph of where a suspected or known criminal is likely to...