Dear madmary1000-ga
I have experience in crime analysis and looking at your previous
postings it is clear you have a substantial amount of data that
requires analysis. Most computer systems the police use now are very
sophisticated and specially produced for the customer and as a result
very costly.
However, in the early days of crime analysis there was invented a
system called 'anacapa'. This system of analysis could be carried out
using a pen and pencil but obviously computers have speeded up the
process. It is based on identifying associations and links, and from
these, evidence can be obtained or inferences may be made about
possible further connections and it also directs the investigator to
those areas or areas where insufficient information has been obtained.
Any data can be examined. Names, addresses, companies, telephone
numbers, bank accounts. It is done very simply by using graphics to
indicate a person, house, telephone and to draw a line between them
with an indication of the frequency of contact.
One company which provides a computer package is Xanalys. This company
provide various products for crime analysis. Their products include:
Quenza™ “finds information hidden in unstructured text so it can be
extracted, collated and organized to reveal patterns of activity, and
highlight associations that would have otherwise gone undetected.”
Watson™ “helps to answer questions in easy-to-read charts that analyze
data in important and new ways. Uncovering patterns and relationships
has never been as fast or as detailed.”
ChartViewer “is a freely distributable application that enables you to
view and analyze Watson™ link charts without having Watson installed.”
http://www.xanalys.com/product.html
I have downloaded Watson and it appears to be a fully functioning
evaluation package. It is 13MB in size. About 50 minutes on a 56k
connection.
To quote from the site "Watson may be freely downloaded, and comes
with a 60 day evaluation license. After this 60-day period, you can
contact your nearest Xanalys office for further sales information.
The release notes and installation notes for each platform are
provided as part of the downloaded software package.”
I think that this would meet your requirements for the next 60 days.
The cost of the full package is not stated.
I am experienced in anacapa and a problem you may have with this
package is the time it takes to learn how to operate the programme and
the amount of data that has to be inputted and to ensure it is entered
methodically and logically. The company allow 3 days for their
training course for Watson.
An alternative, and this depends on the information you have, are
spreadsheets. These are very useful for telephone analysis. Numbers,
dates, times and duration entered on a spreadsheets can be manipulated
and sorted to provide patterns and frequency of calls by number or
date. From these inferences may be made. Additional information such
as dates of events can also be analysed.
I shall be direct and say that unfortunately there is no programme
which gets over this hurdle of data entry and it is the bane of every
analyst’s job that data must be entered before the analysis can take
place.
If you wish to clarify anything in this answer then please ask.
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