Luini Lorenzo P, Scorzelli Marco, Mastroberardino Serena, Marucci Francesco S
Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Dei Marsi, 78, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Cogn Process. 2012 Aug;13 Suppl 1:S253-5. doi: 10.1007/s10339-012-0486-4.
Several studies employed different algorithms in order to investigate criminal's spatial behaviour and to identify mental models and cognitive strategies related to it. So far, a number of geographic profiling (GP) software have been implemented to analyse mobility and its relation to the way criminals are using spatial environment when committing a crime. Since crimes are usually perpetrated in the offender's high-awareness areas, those cognitive maps can be employed to create a map of the criminal's operating area to help investigators to circumscribe search areas. The aim of the present study was to verify accuracy of simple statistical analysis in predicting spatial mobility of a group of 30 non-criminal subjects. Results showed that statistics such as Mean Centre and Standard Distance were accurate in elaborating a GP for each subject according to the mobility area provided. Future analysis will be implemented using mobility information of criminal subjects and location-based software to verify whether there is a cognitive spatial strategy employed by them when planning and committing a crime.
一些研究采用了不同的算法来调查罪犯的空间行为，并识别与之相关的心理模型和认知策略。到目前为止，已经实施了许多地理侧写（GP）软件来分析移动性及其与罪犯犯罪时使用空间环境方式的关系。由于犯罪通常发生在犯罪者的高意识区域，这些认知地图可用于创建罪犯作案区域的地图，以帮助调查人员划定搜索区域。本研究的目的是验证简单统计分析在预测30名非犯罪受试者群体空间移动性方面的准确性。结果表明，根据提供的移动区域，诸如平均中心和标准距离等统计数据在为每个受试者制定地理侧写时是准确的。未来的分析将使用犯罪受试者的移动信息和基于位置的软件来验证他们在策划和实施犯罪时是否采用了认知空间策略。
