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GEOGRAPHIC PROFILING. LOCATING THE SERIAL MURDERERS
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS).
2018 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Geographic profiling is a technique used by crime investigators and the police to examine the locations of a connected series of crimes, to determine the most probable area of the offender’s residence. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, Geographic profiling helps to better interpret the spatial behavior of an offender and focuses the investigation on a specific and smaller area of the community. From the abovementioned and from previous research, we know that Geographic profiling is useful in serial crimes such as in cases of serial murderers, serial rapists etc. Having as a point of reference Malmö, because of the many shooting incidents that have happened through the last years, in this master thesis dissertation, a systematic literature review on Geographic Profiling was conducted while at the same time the usefulness of the method in locating the serial murderers was examined.

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Malmö universitet/Hälsa och samhälle , 2018. , p. 29
Keywords [en]
Geography of crime, Profiling, Location, Serial crime, Murderers, Shootings
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Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26427Local ID: 25416OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-26427DiVA, id: diva2:1488030
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HS Criminology
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Available from: 2020-11-03 Created: 2020-11-03Bibliographically approved

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