Open Source Geographical Profiling?

elander asks: "I've been searching for a while for anything to do with geographical profiling, specifically systems that narrow the search area in the hunt for serial criminals (burglars, robbers, rapists etc). So far, the only system I've found is Rigel, a commercial software package, only available through leasing from ECRI. I wonder, aren't there any Open Source alternatives? I'm about to (hopefully, last round of approvals is under way) build a crime scene information system for a Swedish police authority, based on Open Source, and I'd like to be able to offer something along these lines as a future extension."

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Re:People make what they use.

[Otter]

I don't know any hobbyist crime hunters...

Actually, I was under the impression that most crime was solved by hobbyist engineers / crime fighters. Especially crime committed by arch-villains and extraterrestrials. You probably just think you don't know any because they haven't let you in on their secret identities.