A neural network applied to criminal psychological profiling: an Italian initiative.
The author presents a brief discussion of criminal profiling followed by an introduction to the Italian Neural Network for Psychological Criminal Profiling (NNPCP) project. This project, based on a so-called neural network and data mining, is an innovative technique being developed with the intention of extending criminal profiling to single serious crimes through the use of a computerized database.
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Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato), Via Francesco D'Ovidio 20, 00137 Rome, Italy.
D003415:Crime / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D019992:Databases as Topic; D003657:Decision Making; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires