Homology, Analogy and Cybernetics ideas could help the counter-terrorism effort
Homology, Analogy and Cybernetics ideas could help the counter-terrorism effort

Summary/Abstract: Much of the success in law enforcement can be attributed to data gathering and its analysis. While many a plot has been foiled by detective work using clues gathered from observations, some of the elements of this detective work can be formalized from concepts that are commonplace in Biology and in Darwin's theory of evolution. We establish these connections to Biology and introduce the reader to another principle that arose in the old Cybernetics movement, arguing their applicability to criminology, and clarifying the ideas so as to guide research in this fruitful area that might benefit crime prevention theory and practice.

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