What are offender characteristics and how are they used in crime analysis? Provide a real world case example where they were used to monitor criminal activity.

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“CRIME ANALYSIS With CRIME MAPPING”

3rd ed.

RACHEL BOBA SANTOS

9781483302270

(Santos iii)

Santos, Rachel B. Crime Analysis With Crime Mapping, 3rd Edition. SAGE Publications, Inc, 02/2012. VitalBook file.

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Offender characteristics is a tool very useful in crime investigations particularly by law enforcement agencies .This is considered beneficial in identifying prime suspects and also indicate the presence of patterns that imply potential crime taking place in an area. Offender characteristics apply the theory of descriptive profiling and are mostly applied in predicting sexual assault and issues of case……

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