Geographic Profiling Aids Search For Washington Sniper
10 October 2002 - 5:00am
Computer geographic profiling aids detectives searching for the Washington-area sniper.
"Geographic profiling, developed by former Vancouver, British Columbia, police detective Kim Rossmo, tries to zero in on the suspect by using computers to track the mass of data flooding investigators' desks -- location, dates and times of crimes. The program then matches the information with what criminologists know about human nature."
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Computer profiler aids in sniper hunt
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CNN, October 9, 2002
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