Geographical Approach Evaluation

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Geographical Approach Evaluation

Advantages

  • Geographical profiling can be used for all types of crimes, e.g. burglary

Disadvantages

  • Geographical information alone is not enough, timing and crime scene behaviour is also required.

Evaluation

Evaluation of Offender Profiling: Pinizotto Study:already solved cases were given to professionals; they produced accurate profiles of sexual criminals, however did not for murders, suggesting that offender profiling lacks reliability 

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