A Test of Case Linkage Principles with Solved and Unsolved Serial Rapes

To link or not to link: a test of the ca

To link or not to link: a test of the case linkage principles using serial car theft data

✍ Matthew Tonkin; Tim Grant; John W. Bond 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 166 KB

## Abstract The purpose of the present study is to test the case linkage principles of behavioural consistency and behavioural distinctiveness using serial vehicle theft data. Data from 386 solved vehicle thefts committed by 193 offenders were analysed using Jaccard's, regression and Receiver Opera