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Navigational Ideas and the Yorkshire Ripper Investigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

Stuart S. Kind
Affiliation:
(Forensic Science Services Ltd, Harrogate)
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Abstract

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This paper describes the application of navigational ideas during a late stage of the Yorkshire Ripper investigation. The conclusions reached were irrevocably recorded before the ultimate facts were established by the arrest and conviction of the killer. The reader is invited to assess the degree of success of the method and to rework the data supplied according to his own navigational ideas. The suggestion is made that navigational concepts may become a valuable weapon in the field of crime investigation.

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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1987