TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Addressing problems with traditional crime linking methods using receiver operating characteristic analysis
JO  - Legal and criminological psychology
A1  - Bennell, Craig
A1  - Jones, Natalie J.
A1  - Melnyk, Tamara
SP  - 293
EP  - 310
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
N2  - Purpose.  Through an examination of serial rape data, the current article presents arguments supporting the use of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis over traditional methods in addressing challenges that arise when attempting to link serial crimes. Primarily, these arguments centre on the fact that traditional linking methods do not take into account how linking accuracy will vary as a function of the threshold used for determining when two crimes are similar enough to be considered linked.<p /> 
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SN  - 1355-3259
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/135532508X349336
ID  - ref1
ER  -