Automatically detecting deceptive criminal identities
People interrogated on suspicion of alleged criminal activity may try to hide their true identities by claiming names, residence addresses, social security numbers, and/or dates of birth that are not their own. The authors report on an application, using 120 police records, of a statistically based...
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| Published in: | Computing reviews Vol. 45; no. 10; p. 672 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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01-10-2004
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| Summary: | People interrogated on suspicion of alleged criminal activity may try to hide their true identities by claiming names, residence addresses, social security numbers, and/or dates of birth that are not their own. The authors report on an application, using 120 police records, of a statistically based procedure for finding deceptive identities. To help the police cut through attempted deceptions, the authors explored the use of a record linking algorithm. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Feature-1 |
| ISSN: | 0010-4884 |