Evaluating the accuracy and effectiveness of criminal geographic profiling methods

• Verfasst von: Mburu, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Helbich, Marco [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Evaluating the accuracy and effectiveness of criminal geographic profiling methods
• Titelzusatz: the case of Dandora, Kenya
• Verf.angabe: Lucy Mburu and Marco Helbich
• Jahr: 2015
• Jahr des Originals: 2014
• Umfang: 11 S.
• Fussnoten: Published online: 19 March 2014 ; Gesehen am 10.06.2020
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: The professional geographer
• Ort Quelle: London [u.a.] : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 1949
• Jahr Quelle: 2015
• Band/Heft Quelle: 67(2015), 1, Seite 110-120
• ISSN Quelle: 1467-9272
• DOI: doi:10.1080/00330124.2014.886921
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: análisis del crimen
• Sach-SW: crime analysis
• Sach-SW: criminal geographic profiling
• Sach-SW: delito seriado.
• Sach-SW: Nairobi (Kenia)
• Sach-SW: Nairobi (Kenya)
• Sach-SW: offender travel
• Sach-SW: perfil geográfico criminal
• Sach-SW: recorrido delincuencial
• Sach-SW: serial offense.
• Sach-SW: 奈洛比 (肯尼亚)
• Sach-SW: 犯罪分析
• Sach-SW: 犯罪地理剖绘
• Sach-SW: 犯罪旅程
• Sach-SW: 连续犯罪。
• K10plus-PPN: 170032733X

Abstract

Criminal geographic profiling (CGP) prioritizes offender search, extensively reducing the resources expended in criminal investigations. The utility of CGP has, however, remained unclear when variations in environmental characteristics and offense type are introduced. This study evaluates several CGP strategies with data from Dandora, a small but densely populated suburb of Nairobi, Kenya. The research employs error distance and search-cost measures to determine CGP accuracy. Characterized by much shorter journeys to crime than those observed in Western cities, this study discovers significant applicability of CGP strategies in prioritizing offender searches. The negative exponential CGP strategy is identified to generate the most accurate geo-profiles.