方法对比

	法律判例的网络分析	地理剖绘
领域	法证学	法证学
方法族	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
起源年份	2011	1994
提出者	James Fowler	David Canter
类型	Network science and legal informatics method	Geographic and spatial analytics method
开创性文献	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.
别名	citation network analysis, legal precedent mapping, case law graph analysis	spatial crime analysis, crime hotspot mapping
相关	3	3
摘要	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.