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Linkage Analysis Tool for Investigative Support (LATIS)

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Deployment Stage: Trialled
Development Type: Academic collaboration
Developer/Vendor:
University of Leicester University of Birmingham Imperial College London University of Brussels National Crime Agency's Serious Crime Analysis Section (SCAS)

Purpose

Crime linkage and investigative prioritisation

Description

The tool helps human analysts navigate the extensive ViCLAS (Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System) database, which records behavioural, geographical, and temporal information regarding suspected stranger sexual offences. It securely accesses ViCLAS to retrieve relevant data and to rank and prioritise potentially linked offences

Users

  • National Crime Agency's Serious Crime Analysis Section (SCAS)

Criminal Justice Stages

  • Stage 2 Intelligence
  • Stage 3 Investigation

Taxonomy

Analysis([enum^n], [enum^n] -> enum)
behavioural similarity of two offences represented by hundreds of behavioural variables

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