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6. What is locatedness?

  • There may be several locations involved in any crime
  • The offender will have some connection to the crime scene
  • Crimes tend to cluster and highlight whether the offender is a commuter or marauder
  • Crimes are linked to one offender, increasing precision

7. Who created the bottom-up approach?

  • Canter
  • FBI

8. What is interpersonal coherence?

  • Offenders who show an understanding of a police investigation are likely to have had previous criminal encounters
  • The time and location of an offender's crime will communicate something about their residence or employment
  • There is a consistency between the way offenders interact with their victims and with others in their everyday lives
  • Offenders tend to commit similar crimes

9. What is time and place?

  • Offenders tend to commit similar crimes
  • The time and location of an offender's crime will communicate something about their residence or employment
  • There is a consistency between the way offenders interact with their victims and with others in their everyday lives
  • Offenders who show an understanding of a police investigation are likely to have had previous criminal encounters

10. Who found that there was always a "centre of gravity" around the offender's home?

  • Ludrigan and Canter
  • Canter and Heritage

11. What is centrality?

  • Crimes are linked to one offender, increasing precision
  • Crimes tend to cluster and highlight whether the offender is a commuter or marauder
  • There may be several locations involved in any crime
  • The offender will have some connection to the crime scene

12. What is forensic awareness?

  • The time and location of an offender's crime will communicate something about their residence or employment
  • Offenders tend to commit similar crimes
  • Offenders who show an understanding of a police investigation are likely to have had previous criminal encounters
  • There is a consistency between the way offenders interact with their victims and with others in their everyday lives