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To restate the central point, SSP is a means by which active, serious offenders can be identified, by the minor crimes that they commit (Roach 2007a, b). It has certain advantages over traditional methods in that it focuses exclusively on what people do rather than who they are or have been in the past. As discussed in the previous chapter, although an emergent method for police to utilize, it will not, nor is it intended to, replace more established investigative methods like collecting witness accounts, analysing CCTV footage, or matching the modus operandi to those known to have committed previous offences in similar ways (i.e. the usual ‘known’ suspects).
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The other one of us once took two people with learning difficulties on holiday to Menorca, and is convinced that the Hampton Court incident was a walk in the park by comparison.
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Roach, J., Pease, K. (2016). Are Serious Criminals Really Offence Versatile?. In: Self-Selection Policing. Crime Prevention and Security Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46852-9_3
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