Aitken C G, Connolly T, Gammerman A, Zhang G, Bailey D, Gordon R, Oldfield R
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Sci Justice. 1996 Oct-Dec;36(4):245-55. doi: 10.1016/S1355-0306(96)72610-2.
In spite of the problems associated with the development of a statistical approach in specific case analysis, the potential of two statistical methods, logistic regression and Bayesian belief networks, has been investigated and found encouraging in the context of a database relating to child murders with a sexual connotation. Continual collaboration between statisticians and detectives would be needed in the collection of the data, the choice and construction of the models, and the interpretation of the results.
