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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McCue, Colleen. Data mining and predictive analysis: intelligence gathering and crime analysis/Colleen McCue p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7506-7796-1 (alk. paper) 1. Crime analysis. 2. Data mining. 3. Law enforcement-Data processing. 4. Criminal behavior, Prediction of. I. Title. HV7936.C88M37 2006 63.25′6-dc23 2006040568

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