My scientific work is mostly related to a sub-branch of criminal profiling - Geographic Profiling.
Laukkanen (2007). Geographic Profiling: Using home to crime
distances and crime features to predict offender home location. Oy
Nord Print Ab, Helsinki 2007. ISBN 978-952-92-3091-4.
Laukkanen & Santtila (submitted). Differences in distances from home to crime site as a function of city, crime type and offender in Finland.
Santtila & Laukkanen (2008). Rikosten sarjoittaminen ja
maantieteellinen profilointi. In Oikeuspsykologia, Santtila &
Weizmann-Henelius (Eds.). Persona Grata, Edita, 2008.
Laukkanen, Santtila, Jern & Sandnabba (2008). Predicting offender
home location in urban burglary series. Forensic Science
International. Vol. 176, 2, pp. 224-235.
Santtila, Laukkanen, Zappalą & Bosco (2008). Distance travelled and
offence characteristics in homicide,
rape, and robbery against business. Legal and Criminological
Psychology 13, pp. 345-356. ISSN 1335-3259
Santtila, Laukkanen & Zappalą (2007). Crime Behaviours and Distance Travelled in Homicides and Rapes.
Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling
4: 1-15.
Laukkanen & Santtila (2006). Predicting the home location of a serial commercial robber. Forensic Science
International 157 pp. 71-82.
Santtila, Laukkanen, Carlsson, Kardell, Faggiano, Picozzi, Zappalą & Zanchetti (2004). How far from home offenders travel: an international
comparison of crime trips in homicide, rape, burglary and robbery cases. Poliisiammattikorkeakoulun tutkimuksia 18, Police College of Finland
Santtila, Zappalą, Laukkanen, & Picozzi (2003). Testing the utility of a geographical profiling approach in three rape series of a single offender:
A case study. Forensic Science International
