The process of establishing an association between crime scene and criminal has been an important task in crime investigation.
For example, forensic experts usually search crime scene for physical evidences, such as fingerprints, to identify links between
crime scene and criminals. The major aims of crime investigation are to discover and reconstruct crime by analyzing the evidences
left in crime scene, and to provide links between a crime scene and criminals. Crime investigation is an information intensive
process and the effectiveness and efficiency of an investigation are highly depended on the knowledge and information the
investigator has gathered in his career as a detective.
Keywords Crime Linking - Chronic Offender - Modus Operandi - Vector Space Model - Criminal Record Matching - Information Retrieval
This work is partially supported by a grant from NSC, Taiwan, ROC, under grant number: NSC 84-2213-E-015-001.
Affiliated with the Department of Crime Investigation.
Affiliated with Bureau of Immigration, Ministry of Interior