Friday, March 27, 2009

The MO Project - Lesson Six

This post is a continuation of the once a week Friday Analysts' Corner post to explain, for working crime analysts, how to keep track of pattern data in their own files using MS Excel.

The MS Excel Workbook at this link provides w you with some ideas for tracking sex offense and sex offenders.Don't forget to track incidents that are possible precursors to a sex crime, such as peeping tom behavior.

Here are some resources for thinking about patterns of sex offenses and sex offender behavior (don't believe everything you read!):
Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP)
VIOLENT CRIME SCENE ANALYSIS:MODUS OEPRANDI, SIGNATURE, AND STAGING

THE CRIMINAL SEXUAL SADIST
Violent Crime Linkage System (ViCLAS)

Analysis of the Spacial Behaviour of Serial Sex Offenders

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