The premise of geographic profiling is that given a sufficient number of crimes, with adequate information for analysis, a ______________ of the area in which the offender's residence is located can be calculated.

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The premise of geographic profiling is based on a probabilistic approach, and therefore a probabilistic map of the area can be calculated to determine the offender's likely residence location. Pushpin maps, roadmap or major highway maps may be useful in displaying the geographic distribution of crimes, but they do not provide the probability estimates necessary for geographic profiling.

The Premise of Geographic Profiling Is That Given a Sufficient