Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ανάλυση Δικτύου Νομολογίας	Γεωγραφική Προφίλ
Πεδίο	Δικανική Ανάλυση	Δικανική Ανάλυση
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2011	1994
Δημιουργός	James Fowler	David Canter
Τύπος	Network science and legal informatics method	Geographic and spatial analytics method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Lupo, G., & Bailey, J. (2014). Artificial intelligence and legal practice. Academic Press.	Canter, D. V., & Hammond, L. (1994). Picking up the pieces: The identification of glass sources in forensic enquiries. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 39(4), 1018-1034.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	citation network analysis, legal precedent mapping, case law graph analysis	spatial crime analysis, crime hotspot mapping
Συναφείς	3	3
Σύνοψη	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.	Geographic profiling is a spatial analysis method used in forensic investigation to locate offenders based on the locations of their crimes. Developed by David Canter in 1994, it combines geostatistics, probability theory, and crime pattern analysis to identify high-probability crime origin zones. The method has been widely adopted in law enforcement agencies across North America and Europe.