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Qualitative Crime Pattern Identification

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Analyzing Burglaries: The Challenge of Time

Most burglary reports provide a time span  rather than pinpointed an exact time of crime. How does this get analyzed?

See Jerry Ratcliffe's Aoristic analysis for one method

See this research paper for other methods: Evaluating Temporal Analysis Methods Using Residential Burglary Data

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