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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People make what they use.

[BigZaphod]

I don't know any hobbyist crime hunters, so I suspect that something like this is going to be pretty hard to come by. I know of people who listen to police scanners and such, but that's a bit different than a part time vigilante who also happens to be a software developer. But, hey, the world's a big place. You never know. :-)