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The address contained in an offender’s file may not have been his/her actual residence at the time the offence was committed

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The Geographic Approach as a methodology consists of a five-step inquiry process: Ask, Acquire, Examine, Analyse, and Act.

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This theory has a lot of support -
* Rossmo (2000) suggests that in general. Criminals offend close to their homes (or other base) and the number of offences drops off with increasing distance from the base.

*Godwin and Canter (1997) found that 85 per cent of the offenders they studied lived inside the circle encompassing their offences.

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The assumption is that most offenders like to operate in areas they know well- many offenders have a crime range of as little as 2 miles

the least effort principle Given two identically attractive targets; the offender will choose the one nearer to home.

the buffer zone principle Although offenders will not travel unnecessarily, they will still avoid offending too close to home for fear of being recognised. This is their buffer zone.

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• Identify which a number of offences are linked (e.g. carried out by the same offender or offenders) and which are not, which helps to focus investigations.

• Predict characteristics of the offender(s) responsible for a series of offences (e.g. where they are likely to live; what sort of knowledge they have of a particular area) to help target investigative efforts and prioritise suspects.

• Understand the link between offending and location such as why certain places attract more crime than others and why, even in ‘high crime’ neighbourhoods, some addresses are repeatedly victimized and some are left alone.

• Help police and other official bodies target crime prevention resources in the right areas and in the right sorts of ways.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQjYs-D729E

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Circle theory proposes that geographical profiling and individual offender profiling behaviour assumes that an offender's home base will be central to their crimes

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The Geographic Approach is used for location-based analysis and decision making. GIS professionals typically employ it to examine selected geographic datasets in detail, which are combined for the comprehensive study and analysis of spatial problems.