Topic > mathematics in criminal investigations - 546

We use mathematics every day, and numbers can be applied to almost anything to predict events, outcomes, or even someone's actions based on probability. Mathematics can also help locate criminals and play an important role in criminal investigations. Geographic criminal profiling is a way to pinpoint a hot area where a serial killer could potentially live based on crime locations. Image enhancement and reconstruction is a way to improve a photograph enough to be able to recognize significant signs to help identify a criminal. Photos are also a source of faces, and using mathematics, facial recognition software has been developed to find a face in a database in seconds. Mathematics is often used for DNA profiling and fingerprint matching for evidence found at crime scenes. Using math to find criminals is an interesting concept, but most cases use math and it has helped with courtroom cases. In an attempt to evade authorities, serial killers will attack in a seemingly random pattern. Although, without realizing it, all their crimes are probably the same distance from one point,...