方法对比

	犯罪关联分析	法律判例的网络分析
领域	法证学	法证学
方法族	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
起源年份	2002	2011
提出者	Craig Bennell	James Fowler
类型	Crime science and offender profiling method	Network science and legal informatics method
开创性文献	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.	Lupo, G., & Bailey, J. (2014). Artificial intelligence and legal practice. Academic Press.
别名	case linkage, offender linking, serial crime attribution	citation network analysis, legal precedent mapping, case law graph analysis
相关	3	3
摘要	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.	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.