Problems of Forensic Sciences 2001 Vol. 46 (XLVI) 93-100
THE ANALYSIS OF SERIAL CRIME THROUGH THE USE OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF DATA
Olivier RIBAUX, Pierre MARGOT
Institut de Police Scientifique et de Criminologie, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Streszczenie
The analysis of serial crime is based on a broad variety of data coming from different sources; for instance, the analysis can be performed through the use of spatio-temporal reasoning processes, inferences that use forensic science data, as well as the evaluation of modus operandi. The computerised extraction of knowledge from databases (data mining) is often seen as a promising approach to treat the available data. It is argued that this will only succeed if a modelling process is initialised, primarily aimed at a better understanding of the real nature of crime analysis and of the complex environment in which such systems have to be integrated. Focusing on knowledge of investigators is proposed as a first useful approach in that perspective.