Review: Principles of Geographical Profiling

Soria, Miguel Angel Hernández; Villalba, David

doi:10.4172/2090-2697.1000133

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“…The study of spatial movements is well established in social geography and criminal offending. Within forensics, geographical profiling is used to model criminal journeys -one of its basic principles acknowledges the reduction in a criminal's predisposition to offend as the distance from their base site increases (Soria & Villalba, 2017). This concept is known as distance decay, which describes the rate of decrease (in a crime occurring) between two spatial points (e.g.…”

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For Search & Rescue Operators providing pre-hospital care and rescue within an aquatic environment, difficulties arise not only from the logistics of performing these interventions, but also obtaining consent from casualties. A great proportion of UKSAR operatives are volunteers, nevertheless, the law expects them to provide the same standard of care as a professional. Consequently, this high standard, combined with the proliferation of operations concerning mental health and the supposed "litigation culture", leaves these volunteers in a uniquely difficult position. This paper aims to provide a guide, for those operating in and around water, on law regarding consent, capacity and necessity in England & Wales.

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Section: Decay Functioningmentioning

confidence: 99%