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American predator : the hunt for the most meticulous serial killer of the 21st century
\"The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history. The FBI considered his behavior unprecedented ... He buried 'kill kits'--cash, weapons, and body-disposal tools--in remote locations across the country. Over the course of fourteen years, Keyes would fly to a city, rent a car, and drive thousands of miles in order to use his kits. He would break into a stranger's house, abduct his victims in broad daylight, and kill and dispose of them in mere hours. And then he would return home to Alaska, resuming life as a quiet, reliable construction worker devoted to his only daughter. When journalist Maureen Callahan first heard about Israel Keyes in 2012, she was captivated by how a killer of this magnitude could go undetected by law enforcement for over a decade. And so began a project that consumed her for the next several years--uncovering the true story behind how the FBI ultimately caught Israel Keyes, and trying to understand what it means for a killer like Keyes to exist.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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A supervised machine learning framework with combined blocking for detecting serial crimes
Detecting serial crimes is to find criminals who have committed multiple crimes. A classification technique is often used to process serial crime detection, but the pairwise comparison of crimes is of quadratic complexity, and the number of nonserial case pairs far exceeds the number of serial case pairs. The blocking method can play a role in reducing pairwise calculation and eliminating nonserial case pairs. But the limitation of previous studies is that most of them use a single criterion to select blocks, which is difficult to guarantee an excellent blocking result. Some studies integrate multiple criteria into one comprehensive index. However, the performance is easily affected by the weighting method. In this paper, we propose a combined blocking (CB) approach. Each criminal behaviour is defined as a behaviour key (BHK) and used to form a block. CB learns several weak blocking schemes by different blocking criteria and then combines them to form the final blocking scheme. The final blocking scheme consists of several BHKs. Because rare behaviour can better identify crime series, each BHK is assigned a score according to its rarity. BHKs and their scores are used to determine whether a case pair need to be compared. After comparing with multiple blocking methods, CB can effectively guarantee the number of serial case pairs while greatly reducing unnecessary nonserial case pairs. The CB is embedded in a supervised machine learning framework. Experiments on real-world robbery cases demonstrate that it can effectively reduce pairwise comparison, alleviate the class imbalance problem and improve detection performance.
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The midnight assassin : panic, scandal, and the hunt for America's first serial killer
\"In the late 1800s, the city of Austin, Texas was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis. But beginning in December 1884, Austin was terrorized by someone equally as vicious and, in some ways, far more diabolical than London's infamous Jack the Ripper. For almost exactly one year, the Midnight Assassin crisscrossed the entire city, striking on moonlit nights, using axes, knives and long steel rods to rip apart women from every race and class. At the time the concept of a serial killer was unthinkable, but the murders continued, the killer became more brazen, and the citizens' panic reached a fever pitch. Before it was all over, at least a dozen men would be arrested in connection with the murders. Along the way, the murders would expose what a newspaper described as \"the most extensive and profound scandal ever known in Austin.\" And yes, when Jack the Ripper began his attacks in 1888, London police investigators did wonder if the killer from Austin had crossed the ocean to terrorize their own city. With vivid historical detail and novelistic flair, Texas Monthly journalist Skip Hollandsworth brings this terrifying saga to life.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Using genetic genealogy databases in missing persons cases and to develop suspect leads in violent crimes
•Genetic genealogy databases produce investigative leads in cold and active cases.•Many people in these databases have not given informed consent for law enforcement use.•There is an unknown number of minors in the databases.•You are affected if you have a relative in the databases even if you have not tested.•International interdisciplinary best practice guidelines are needed.
In the last year direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic genealogy databases have been used to identify suspects and missing persons in over fifty cold cases, many of which have been unsolved for decades. Genealogists worked on these cases in collaboration with law enforcement agencies. Raw DNA data files were uploaded to the genealogy websites GEDmatch and FamilyTreeDNA, and identification was made by tracing the family trees of relatives who were predicted to be close genetic matches in the database. Such searches have far-reaching consequences because they affect not just those who have consented to upload their DNA results to these databases but also all of their relatives, regardless of whether or not they have taken a DNA test. This article provides an overview of the methods used, the potential privacy and security issues, and the wider implications for society. There is an urgent need for forensic scientists, bioethicists, law enforcement agencies, genetic genealogists and other interested parties to work together to produce international guidelines and policies to ensure that the techniques are used responsibly and effectively.
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Neon prey
\"Lucas Davenport tracks a prolific serial killer ... Clayton Deese looks like a small-time criminal, muscle for hire when his loan shark boss needs to teach someone a lesson. Now, seven months after a job that went south and landed him in jail, Deese has skipped out on bail, and the U.S. Marshals come looking for him. They don't much care about a low-level guy--it's his boss they want--but Deese might be their best chance to bring down the whole operation. Then, they step onto a dirt trail behind Deese's rural Louisiana cabin and find a jungle full of graves. Now Lucas Davenport is on the trail of a serial killer who has been operating for years without notice. His quarry is ruthless, and--as Davenport will come to find--full of surprises\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Cruelty and compassion
Adshead likens all the interlocking factors that lead to violence to the numbers of a bike combination lock clicking into place, and it is striking how an understanding of behaviour and of mental experience often takes place at the level of a metaphor. A rookie initially, by the final chapter Adshead is more sure-footed and contemplating retirement after some three decades of working in secure hospitals and prisons. Former UK Prime Minister John Major is quoted in the book as saying that “Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less”.
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Murder in plain English : from manifestos to memes : looking at murder through the words of killers
\"The first book to examine murder through written words. A criminologist and an anthropologist explore the motives for murder by analyzing the writings of convicted killers as well as depictions of murder in literature and the media\"-- Provided by publisher.
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French anaesthetist who poisoned 30, killing 12, is jailed for life
There were clearly malfunctions in the operating blocks, said Laurent Heyer, president of the French professional national council for anaesthesia and resuscitation, which comprises the various unions, scientists, academics, and perioperative staff involved in or working in anaesthesia resuscitation in France.
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Hangman
Still recovering from the Ragdoll case, Detective Emily Baxter delves into yet another gruesome case when a copycat killer emerges in New York City and must shake off the grief and fear that have paralyzed her to stop the murders.
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Doctors guilty of serious misconduct abroad are working in the UK—how are they slipping through the cracks?
The GMC has vowed to act after an investigation highlighted a failure to vet overseas doctors applying for NHS jobs. Jane Feinmann reports
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