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Virtual Crime and the Future: Mapping Murder (Enhanced DVD) As the world becomes more tightly entwined with technology, criminals are finding it harder to stay in the shadows. Professor David Canter spends this part of Mapping Murder showing us how data mining is used to track down dangerous criminals through the web and across the globe. In the process we are introduced to some of the most malevolent felons in recent history.Discover how a man who used harassing phone calls to drive women to hurt themselves was finally stopped through his own phone records. Later, we’re introduced to the concept of geographical profiling, how it helped put a stop to the Mardi Gras Bomber, and how the same technique can be used to stop child pornography. Data mining even played a key role in finally apprehending Gary Ridgway, the infamous Green River Killer.In this fast-paced high-tech world, data mining and detective work go hand in hand. The final part of the film discusses how law enforcement walks the delicate line between mapping crime and preserving civil liberties. This is one crime fighting tech that has a deep effect on us all, whether we’re aware of it or not.Virtual Crime and the Future: Mapping Murder
- Enhanced DVD
- ISBN: 978-0-81608-838-6
- Run Time: 23 Minutes
- Copyright Date: 2002
- CC
