Сравнение на методи

	Мрежов анализ на съдебна практика	Анализ на връзки между престъпления
Област	Криминалистика	Криминалистика
Семейство	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Година на възникване	2011	2002
Създател	James Fowler	Craig Bennell
Тип	Network science and legal informatics method	Crime science and offender profiling method
Основополагащ източник	Lupo, G., & Bailey, J. (2014). Artificial intelligence and legal practice. Academic Press.	Bennell, C., Canter, D. V., & Alison, L. J. (2002). Linking commercial burglaries by modus operandi: Tests using regression and ROC analysis. Science and Justice, 42(3), 153-164.
Други названия	citation network analysis, legal precedent mapping, case law graph analysis	case linkage, offender linking, serial crime attribution
Свързани	3	3
Резюме	Network analysis of case law applies graph-theoretic and network science methods to study the structure and dynamics of legal precedent systems. Developed systematically by James Fowler and colleagues in 2011, this method treats legal citations as directed edges in a network where nodes represent court decisions and edges represent precedent relationships. By analyzing the topology of these networks, researchers uncover patterns in how law evolves, which precedents are most influential, and how legal doctrine spreads across jurisdictions.	Crime linkage analysis is a forensic method that determines whether a series of crimes were committed by the same offender based on behavioral and modus operandi (MO) similarities. Developed systematically by Craig Bennell and colleagues in the early 2000s, crime linkage applies statistical and similarity-matching techniques to establish offender attribution. The method is essential in serial crime investigation, where establishing linkage enables consolidation of investigation resources, geographic profiling, and offender-focused surveillance.