Portrait of Dr. Kim Rossmo

Dr. Kim Rossmo

  • Professor at School of Criminal Justice & Criminology, College of Applied Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2025

  • Rossmo, K. (2025). Geographic Profiling (2nd ed.). New York, NY, United States: Routledge.
  • Rossmo, K. (2025). You can’t get there from here: Use of crime scripts in validity testing. American Journal of Criminal Justice.
  • Rossmo, K., & Jones, A. M. (2025). Group-individual probability confusion: Implications for suspect prioritization in criminal investigations. Journal of Criminal Justice, 99. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102452

2024

  • Rossmo, K. (2024). Geographic profiling in murder investigations. In The Routledge International Handbook of Homicide Investigation (pp. 224–238). Routledge.
  • Rossmo, K. (2024). The journey-to-crime buffer zone: Measurement issues and methodological challenges. Journal of Criminal Justice, 95. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102272
  • Rossmo, K. (2024, March). The Golden State Killer Investigation. Police Advocates Journal.
  • Chai, M. M., & Rossmo, K. (2024). The Math of Serial Murder: Understanding Vicim Numbers and Series Duration. Journal of Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102164

2023

  • Rossmo, K. (2023). Optimizing wilderness search and rescue: Discovery and outcome. Journal of Search and Rescue, 6, 37–45.
  • Rossmo, K. (2023). Behavioral profiling in the Golden State Killer investigation: A comparative analysis. Homicide Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/10887679231201801

2022

  • Rossmo, K., & Summers, L. (2022). Uncertainty and heuristics in offender decision-making: Deviations from rational choice. Journal of Criminal Justice.
  • Rossmo, K. (2022). Bayesian geographic profiling: A fundamental limitation. The Professional Geographer, 74, 772–780.

2021

  • Rossmo, K., & Summers, L. (2021). Offender decision-making and displacement. Justice Quarterly, 38(375–405). https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2019.1666904
  • Rossmo, K. (2021). Bentham and the philosophical nature of preventive policing. International Criminal Justice Review, 31, 263–265. https://doi.org/10.1177/1057567718813424
  • Rossmo, K. (2021). Police investigations: Rethinking the gateway to the criminal justice system. In Sexual offense investigations of sexual offenses: Investigative techniques and operational challenges (pp. 255–260). New York, NY, United States: Springer.
  • Rossmo, K. (2021). Bentham and the philosophical nature of preventive policing. In Jeremy Bentham on police: The unknown story and what it means for criminology (pp. 229–232). London, United Kingdom: UCL Press.
  • Rossmo, K. (2021). Differences in geographic profiles when using street routing versus Manhattan distances in buffer zone radii calculations (pp. 1–6).
  • Rossmo, K. (2021). Dissecting a criminal investigation. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 36(4), 639–651. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/s11896-021-09434-1
  • Rossmo, K. (2021). Delivering more information to and from lineup witnesses: Commentary on Brewer and Doyle. Journal of Applied Research on Memory and Cognition, 10, 196–199.

2020

  • Rossmo, K. (2020). Jack the Ripper: A wrongful conviction (Commentary on: Louhelainen J., Miller D. Forensic investigation of a shawl linked to the “Jack the Ripper” murders). Journal of Forensic Sciences, 65, 330–333. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14191
  • Rossmo, K. (2020). Review of self-selection policing: Theory, research and practice. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. United Kingdom: Sage.
  • Rossmo, K. (2020). Buffer Zone Replication Study.
  • Rossmo, K. (2020). Anatomie d’une enquête criminelle (The anatomy of a criminal investigation). Criminologie, 53(2), 17–42.

2019

  • Rossmo, K. (2019). Measuring the mind of a murderer: Psychometrics and crime. In Practical-criminological atlas of forensic psychometrics (Volume I): Murders (pp. 13-17). (pp. 13–17). Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Jurídica Sepin.
  • Rossmo, K., Velarde, L., & Mahood, T. (2019). Optimizing wilderness search and rescue: A Bayesian GIS analysis. Journal of Search and Rescue, 3, 44–58.
  • Eck, J., & Rossmo, K. (2019). The new detective: Rethinking criminal investigations. Criminology & Public Policy, 18, 601–622.
  • Rossmo, K., & Pollock, J. M. (2019). Confirmation bias and other systemic causes of wrongful convictions: A sentinel events perspective. Northeastern University Law Review, 11, 790–835.
  • Summers, L., & Rossmo, K. (2019). Offender interviews: Implications for intelligence-led policing. Policing: An International Journal, 42, 31–42.
  • Rossmo, K. (2019). Midiendo la mente de un asesino: Psicometría y Crimen. In Atlas práctico-criminológico de psicometría forense (Volumen I): Asesinatos (pp. 19–24). Barcelona, Spain: Editorial Jurídica Sepin.
  • Velarde, L., Etlinger, D., & Rossmo, K. (2019, July). Police search response to lost vulnerable adults. The Police Chief, (July), 26–28, 30, 32–33.

2018

  • Rossmo, K. (2018). Geoprofiling terrorism. In The Oxford handbook of environmental criminology (pp. 801–820). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
  • Rossmo, K. (2018). Geoprofiling serial sex murder. In Routledge international handbook of sexual homicide studies (pp. 544–561). Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • Rossmo, K., & Pollock, J. (2018). Case deconstruction of criminal investigative failures. Washington, DC, United States: National Institute of Justice.
  • Rossmo, K., & Summers, L. (2018). Offender decision-making: Decision trees and displacement. Washington, DC, United States: National Institute of Justice.
  • Rossmo, K., & Summers, L. (2018). Offender decision-making: Decision trees and displacement, Texas, 2014-2017. Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Retrieved from https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NACJD/studies/37116/versions/V1
  • Rossmo, K. (2018, November). Darwin and scholarly metrics: Natural selection in the academic environment. The Criminologist. United States: American Society of Criminology.

2017

  • Rossmo, K. (2017). Bernoulli, Darwin, and Sagan: The probability of life on other planets. International Journal of Astrobiology, 16, 185–189. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550416000148
  • Papini, A., Rossmo, K., Le Comber, S. C., Verity, R., Stevenson, M. D., & Santosuosso, U. (2017). The use of jackknifing for the evaluation of geographic profiling reliability. Ecological Informatics, 38, 76–81.
  • Rossmo, K. (2017). Geographic profiling in cold cases. In Cold case homicides: Practical investigative techniques (2nd ed.) (pp. 557–580). Boca Raton, Florida, United States: CRC Press.
  • Rossmo, K., & Rombouts, S. (2017). Geographic profiling. In Environmental criminology and crime analysis (2nd ed.) (pp. 162–179). Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • Rossmo, K. (2017). Sexual homicide: An exemplar horror crime. In The sexual murderer: Offender behaviour and implications for practice (pp. xvii–xviii). Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • Rossmo, K., Lutermann, H., Stevenson, M. D., & Le Comber, S. C. (2017). Geographic profiling in Nazi Berlin: Fact and fiction. Geospatial Intelligence Review, 54–67.
  • Rossmo, K. (2017, April). The fine print of journal reviewing. The Criminologist. American Society of Criminology.
  • Rossmo, K. (2017, April). The fine print of journal reviewing. The Western Criminologist. Western Society of Criminology.

2016

  • Hauge, M. V., Stevenson, M. D., Rossmo, K., & Le Comber, S. C. (2016). Tagging Banksy: Using geographic profiling to investigate a modern art mystery. Journal of Spatial Science, 61, 185–190.
  • Rossmo, K. (2016). Case rethinking: A protocol for reviewing criminal investigations. Police Practice and Research, 17, 212–228.

2015

  • Rossmo, K. (2015). Rounding up twice the usual number of suspects. In M. D. Maltz & S. K. Rice (Eds.), Envisioning criminology: Researchers on research as a process of discovery (pp. 253–260). New York: Springer.
  • Rossmo, K., & Summers, L. (2015). Routine activity theory in crime investigation. In M. A. Andresen & G. Farrell (Eds.), The criminal act: The role and influence of routine activity theory (pp. 19–32). Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Summers, L., & Rossmo, K. (2015). Aplicaciones prácticas de la teoría de las actividades rutinarias a la investigación criminal. In F. Miró Llinares & J. R. Agustina Sanllehi (Eds.), Crimen, sociedad, vida: Un homenaje a Marcus Felson (pp. 173–188). Madrid: Dykinson.
  • Schmitz, P., Cooper, A., de Jong, T., & Rossmo, K. (2015). Mapping criminal activity space. Journal of Intelligence & Analysis, 22(3), 67–94.
  • Ackerman, J. M., & Rossmo, K. (2015). How far to travel? A multilevel analysis of the residence-to-crime distance. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 31, 237–262.
  • Demers, S., & Rossmo, K. (2015). Simpson’s paradox in Canadian police clearance rates. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 57, 424–434.
  • LePard, D., Demers, S., Langan, C., & Rossmo, K. (2015). Challenges in serial murder investigations involving missing persons. Police Practice and Research, 16, 328–340.
  • Rossmo, K., & Summers, L. (2015). El perfil geográfico en la investigación criminal. International E-Journal of Criminal Sciences, 9.
  • Rossmo, K. (2015). Science and advocacy: Mixing oil and water. The Criminologist, 40(6), 7–8.
  • Rossmo, K. (2015). Short and sweet: A call for concise journal articles. The Criminologist, 40(2), 8–10.

2014

  • Rossmo, K. (2014). Geographic profiling in cold case investigations. In R. Walton (Ed.), Practical cold case homicide investigations procedure manual (pp. 303–304). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
  • Rossmo, K. (2014). Commentary on: DeLisi M. An empirical study of rape in the context of multiple murder. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 59, 571.
  • Rossmo, K., Lutermann, H., Stevenson, M. D., & Le Comber, S. C. (2014). Geographic profiling in Nazi Berlin: Fact and fiction. Geospatial Intelligence Review, 12(2), 44–57.
  • Verity, R., Stevenson, M. D., Rossmo, K., Nichols, R. A., & Le Comber, S. C. (2014). Spatial targeting of infectious disease control: identifying multiple, unknown sources. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 647–655.
  • Rossmo, K. (2014, January). Finding patterns in spatial data. Up Front, 2014 Winter, 44–45.

2013

  • Estaville, L. E., Egan, K., & Rossmo, K. (2013). Texas crime atlas. San Marcos, TX: Texas State Center for the Study of the Southwest.
  • Rossmo, K. (2013). Geographic profiling. In G. Bruinsma & D. L. Weisburd (Eds.), Encyclopedia of criminology and criminal justice (pp. 1934–1942). New York: Springer.

2012

  • Rossmo, K. (2012). Recent developments in geographic profiling. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 6, 144–150.
  • Stevenson, M. D., Rossmo, K., Knell, R. J., & Le Comber, S. C. (2012). Geographic profiling as a novel spatial tool for targeting the control of invasive species. Ecography, 35, 704–715.
  • Rossmo, K. (2012). Missing ship search: SS Central America. North Charleston, SC.: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.
  • Rossmo, K., Allen, J., Kringen, A. L., & Velarde, L. (2012). Spatial-temporal incident linkage analysis. North Charleston, SC.: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.
  • Rossmo, K., Harries, K., Allen, J., & Hom, P. A. (2012). Geoprofiling of terrorist cell structures: Madrid 11-M Bombings – Geography. North Charleston, SC.: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.

2011

  • Beauregard, E., Rossmo, K., & Proulx, J. (2011). A descriptive model of the hunting process of serial sex offenders: A rational choice approach. In M. Natarajan (Ed.), Crime opportunity theories: Routine activity, rational choice and their variants. Surrey, UK: Ashgate.
  • Rossmo, K., Lu, Y., & Fang, T. (2011). Spatial-temporal crime paths. In M. A. Andresen & B. Kinney (Eds.), Patterns, prevention, and geometry of crime (pp. 16–42). London: Routledge.
  • Le Comber, S. C., Rossmo, K., Hassan, A. N., Fuller, D. O., & Beier, J. C. (2011). Geographic profiling as a novel spatial tool for targeting infectious disease control. International Journal of Health Geographics, 10, 35–42.
  • Rossmo, K. (2011). Evaluating geographic profiling. Crime Mapping: A Journal of Research and Practice, 3, 42–65.
  • Rossmo, K. (2011). A reality response to Bridges’ “A structured geospatial analytic method and pedagogy for the intelligence community.” IALEIA Journal, 20(1), 91–106.
  • Rossmo, K., & Harries, K. D. (2011). The geospatial structure of terrorist cells. Justice Quarterly, 28, 221–248.

2010

  • Beauregard, E., Rebocho, M. F., & Rossmo, K. (2010). Target selection patterns in rape. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 7, 137–152.
  • Blair, J. P., & Rossmo, K. (2010). Evidence in context: Bayes’ theorem and investigations. Police Quarterly, 13, 123–135.
  • Rossmo, K. (2010). Criminal investigative failures. RCMP Gazette, 72(1), 30–31.

2009

  • Rossmo, K. (2009). Criminal investigative failures. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis.
  • Rossmo, K. (2009). Geographic profiling in serial rape investigations. In R. R. Hazelwood & A. W. Burgess (Eds.), Practical aspects of rape investigation: A multidisciplinary approach. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
  • Martin, R. A., Rossmo, K., & Hammerschlag, N. (2009). Hunting patterns and geographic profiling of white shark predation. Journal of Zoology, 279, 111–118.
  • Raine, N. E., Rossmo, K., & Le Comber, S. C. (2009). Geographic profiling applied to testing models of bumble-bee foraging. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 6, 307–319.
  • Rossmo, K. (2009). Criminal hunting paths: An analysis of the spatial behavior of recidivists. Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs.
  • Rossmo, K. (2009). Failures in criminal investigation. The Police Chief, 54–66.

2008

  • Beauregard, E., & Rossmo, K. (2008). Geographic profiling and analysis of the hunting process used by serial sex offenders. In M. St-Yves & M. Tanguay (Eds.), J. Miller (Trans.), The psychology of criminal investigations: The search for the truth (pp. 529–554). Toronto: Carswell.
  • Rossmo, K. (2008). Geographic profiling. In M. Strano (Ed.), Manuale di investigazione criminale (pp. 407–417). Rome: International Crime Analysis Association.
  • Rossmo, K. (2008). Place, space, and police investigations: Hunting serial violent criminals. In D. V. Canter & D. Youngs (Eds.), Principles of geographical offender profiling (pp. 149–163). Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing.
  • Rossmo, K., & Rombouts, S. (2008). Geographic profiling. In R. Wortley & L. Mazerolle (Eds.), Environmental criminology and crime analysis (pp. 136–149). Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing.
  • Rossmo, K., & Velarde, L. (2008). Geographic profiling analysis: Principles, methods, and applications. In S. Chainey & L. Tompson (Eds.), Crime mapping case studies: Practice and research (pp. 35–43). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Rossmo, K., Thurman, Q. C., Jamieson, J. D., & Egan, K. (2008). Geographic patterns and profiling of illegal crossings of the southern U.S. border. Security Journal, 21, 29–57.
  • Rossmo, K. (2008). Geographic profiling in counterterrorism: Data and feasibility study. Washington, DC: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.
  • Rossmo, K. (2008). Geographic profiling for military applications. Fort Belvoir, VA: Topographic Engineering Center, Department of the Army.

2007

  • Rossmo, K. (2007). Geographic profiling. (M. Lee, Trans.). Beijing, China: Chinese Public Security University Press.
  • Beauregard, E., & Rossmo, K. (2007). Profilage géographique et analyse des tactiques de chasse chez les agresseurs sexuels sériels. In M. St-Yves & M. Tanguay (Eds.), Psychologie de l’enquête criminelle: La recherche de la vérité (pp. 577–605). Cowansville, Québec: Les Éditions Yvon Blais.
  • Beauregard, E., Proulx, J., Rossmo, K. K., Leclerc, B., & Allaire, J. F. (2007). Script analysis of the hunting process of serial sex offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34, 1069–1084.
  • Beauregard, E., Rossmo, K., & Proulx, J. (2007). A descriptive model of the hunting process of serial sex offenders: A rational choice approach. Journal of Family Violence, 22, 449–463.
  • Rossmo, K., & Egan, K. (2007). Illegal U.S. land border crossings by American citizens. Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs.

2006

  • Rossmo, K. (2006). Geographic profiling in cold case investigations. In R. Walton (Ed.), Cold case homicides: Practical investigative techniques (pp. 537–560). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
  • Le Comber, S. C., Nicholls, B., Rossmo, K., & Racey, P. A. (2006). Geographic profiling and animal foraging. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 240, 233–240.
  • Rossmo, K. (2006). Criminal investigative failures: Avoiding the pitfalls (Part two). FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, 75(10), 12–19.
  • Rossmo, K. (2006). Criminal investigative failures: Avoiding the pitfalls. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, 75(9), 1–8.
  • Rossmo, K. (2006). Review of Policing illegal drug markets: Geographic approaches to crime reduction. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Canada.

2005

  • Rossmo, K. (2005). The deadlier of the species. In H. Scott (Ed.), The female serial murderer: A sociological study of homicide and the “gentler sex” (pp. i–iii). Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.
  • Rossmo, K., Laverty, I., & Moore, B. (2005). Geographic profiling for serial crime investigation. In F. Wang (Ed.), Geographic information systems and crime analysis (pp. 102–117). Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing.
  • Rossmo, K. (2005). Geographical profiling. In M. Strano & R. Bruzzone (Eds.), Psychological criminal profiling: Manuale operativo. Florence: Societa Editrice Europea.
  • Rossmo, K. (2005). Geographic heuristics or shortcuts to failure?: Response to Snook et al. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19, 651–654.
  • Rossmo, K. (2005). Geographical profiling. Forze Civili: Dialogo Cultura per La Legalita, 3(1), 13–16.
  • Rossmo, K., & Filer, S. (2005). Analysis versus guesswork: The case for professional geographic profiling. Blue Line Magazine, 17(7), 24–25.
  • Rossmo, K., Filer, S., & Sesely, C. (2005). Geographic profiling debate – round four: The big problem with Bennell, Snook and Taylor’s research. Blue Line Magazine, 17(9), 28–29.
  • Brown, R. O., Rossmo, K., Sisak, T., Trahern, R., Jarret, J., & Hanson, J. (2005). Geographic profiling military capabilities. Fort Belvoir, VA: Topographic Engineering Center, Department of the Army.
  • Rossmo, K. (2005). An evaluation of NIJ’s evaluation methodology for geographic profiling software.
  • Rossmo, K. (2005). Geographic profiling for military applications: Report on software evaluation. Rosslyn, VA: National Technology Alliance.
  • Rossmo, K., Thurman, Q. C., & Jamieson, J. D. (2005). Geographic patterns and profiling of illegal crossings of the southern U.S. border. Office of Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice.
  • Rossmo, K. (2005). Geographic profiling. In The Serial Murder Symposium: Collected Readings. Quantico, VA: National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime.

2004

  • Rossmo, K. (2004). Geographic profiling. In Q. C. Thurman & J. Zhao (Eds.), Contemporary policing: Controversies, challenges, and solutions (pp. 274–284). Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishing.
  • Rossmo, K. (2004). Geographic profiling as problem solving for serial crime. In Q. C. Thurman & J. D. Jamieson (Eds.), Police problem solving (pp. 121–131). Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing.
  • Rossmo, K. (2004). Geographic profiling update. In J. H. Campbell & D. DeNevi (Eds.), Profilers: Leading investigators take you inside the criminal mind (pp. 291–312). Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.
  • Rossmo, K., & Fisher, D. K. (2004). Problem solving prostitution in a problem neighborhood. In Q. C. Thurman & J. D. Jamieson (Eds.), Police problem solving (pp. 87–96). Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing.
  • Rossmo, K., Davies, A., & Patrick, M. (2004). Exploring the geo-demographic and distance relationships between stranger rapists and their offences. London: Research, Development and Statistics Directorate, Home Office.
  • Rossmo, K. (2004). A day in the life: Geographic profiler. In C. H. Wecht (Ed.), Crime scene investigation: Crack the case with real-life experts. Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest Association.

2003

  • Rossmo, K. (2003). Maps, technology, and the search for treasure. In M. R. Leipnik & D. P. Albert (Eds.), GIS in law enforcement: Implementation issues and case studies (pp. xii–xiv). London: Taylor & Francis.
  • Rossmo, K. (2003). Geographic profiling. In E. W. Hickey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of murder and violent crime (pp. 205–209). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

2002

  • Rossmo, K. (2002). Geographic profiling. (S. Watanabe, K. Watanabe, M. Suzuki, & T. Shimada, Trans.). Kyoto: Kitaohji Shobo.
  • Holmes, R. M., & Rossmo, K. (2002). Geography, profiling, and predatory criminals. In R. M. Holmes & S. T. Holmes (Eds.), Profiling violent crimes: An investigative tool (pp. 208–222). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Rossmo, K., & Boba, R. (2002). Crime analysis challenge. Crime Mapping News, 4(1), 12–13.

2001

  • Rossmo, K., & Davies, A. (2001). Stealth predator patterns. Crime Mapping News, 3(4), 6–7.

2000

  • Rossmo, K. (2000). Geographic profiling. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

1999

  • Rossmo, K. (1999). Geographic profiling system helps catch criminals. GeoWorld, 41.

1997

  • Rossmo, K. (1997). Geographic profiling. In J. L. Jackson & D. A. Bekerian (Eds.), Offender profiling: Theory, research and practice.
  • Rossmo, K. (1997). Geographic profiling. In J. L. Jackson & D. A. Bekerian (Eds.), Offender profiling: Theory, research and practice (pp. 159–175). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Rossmo, K. (1997). Place, space, and police investigations: Hunting serial violent criminals. In D. V. Canter & L. J. Alison (Eds.), Criminal detection and the psychology of crime (pp. 507–525). Aldershot, Hants: Ashgate Publishing.

1996

  • Rossmo, K. (1996). Targeting victims: Serial killers and the urban environment. In T. O’Reilly-Fleming (Ed.), Serial and mass murder: Theory, research and policy (pp. 133–153). Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.
  • Fleming, Z., & Rossmo, K. (1996). Optimizing patrol resources: Vancouver’s 4/11 team model. RCMP Gazette, 58(6), 2–9.

1995

  • Rossmo, K. (1995). Multivariate spatial profiles as a tool in crime investigation. In C. R. Block, M. Dabdoub, & S. Fregly (Eds.), Crime analysis through computer mapping (pp. 65–97). Washington, DC: Police Executive Research Forum.
  • Rossmo, K. (1995). Place, space, and police investigations: Hunting serial violent criminals. In J. E. Eck & D. L. Weisburd (Eds.), Crime and place: Crime prevention studies (Vol. 4, pp. 217–235). Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press.
  • Rossmo, K. (1995). Strategic crime patterning: Problem-Oriented policing and displacement. In C. R. Block, M. Dabdoub, & S. Fregly (Eds.), Crime analysis through computer mapping (pp. 1–14). Washington, DC: Police Executive Research Forum.
  • Saville, G. J., & Rossmo, D. K. (1995). “Striking a balance”: Lessons from problem-oriented policing in British Columbia. In K. M. Hazlehurst (Ed.), Perceptions of justice: Issues in indigenous and community empowerment (pp. 119–141). Aldershot, England: Avebury.
  • Rossmo, K. (1995). Geographic profiling: Target patterns of serial murderers. Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada: Simon Fraser University.
  • Rossmo, K. (1995, July). Geographic profiling and violent predatory crime. BCCPA News, 5.

1994

  • Rossmo, K. (1994). A primer on criminal geographic targeting. IALEIA Journal, 9(1), 1–12.
  • Rossmo, K. (1994). STAC tools: The Crime Site Probability Program. STAC News, 9, 14.
  • Boyd, N., & Rossmo, K. (1994). David Milgaard, the Supreme Court and Section 690: A wrongful conviction revisited. Canadian Lawyer, 28–29, 32.

1993

  • Rossmo, K. (1993). Target patterns of serial murderers: A methodological model. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 17(2), 1–21.
  • Rossmo, K., & Fisher, D. (1993). Problem-Oriented policing: A cooperative approach in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver. RCMP Gazette, 55(1), 1–9.
  • Rossmo, K. (1993). Geographic profiling: Locating serial killers. In D. Zahm & P. F. Cromwell (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Seminar on Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (pp. 14–29). Tallahassee, Florida, United States: Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute.
  • Rossmo, K. (1993). Multivariate spatial profiles as a tool in crime investigation. In C. R. Block & M. Dabdoub (Eds.), Workshop on crime analysis through computer mapping; Proceedings: 1993 (pp. 89–126). Chicago, Illinois, United States: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.
  • Rossmo, K. (1993). Strategic crime patterning: Problem-Oriented policing and displacement. In C. R. Block & M. Dabdoub (Eds.), Workshop on crime analysis through computer mapping; Proceedings: 1993 (pp. 5–20). Chicago. Illinois, United States: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.
  • Hotel, C. S., & Rossmo, K. (1993). Creating a safer Vancouver: Safer City Task Force questionnaire results. In Safer City Task Force: Final report (pp. 349–376). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: City of Vancouver.
  • Rossmo, K. (1993). Review of Violence and public anxiety: A Canadian case. Culture. Canada.

1992

  • Boyd, N., & Rossmo, K. (1992). Milgaard v. The Queen: Finding justice – Problems and process. Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada: Criminology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University.
  • Rossmo, K., & Saville, G. J. (1992). Policing Challenge 2000: Riding the winds of change. Canadian Police Association Yearbook 1991, 3(50), 65–72.

1991

  • Rossmo, K., & Saville, G. J. (1991). Policing Challenge 2000: Riding the winds of change. Canadian Journal of Criminology, 33, 543–549.
  • Taylor, B., Brooks, J., Phanidis, J., & Rossmo, K. (1991). Services for Vancouver street youth: An integrated delivery model. Journal of Child and Youth Care, 6(3), 49–61.
  • Rossmo, K. (1991). After the use of deadly force: What you should be aware of. Blue Line Magazine, 3(4), 19–20.

1990

  • Rossmo, K., & Routledge, R. (1990). Estimating the size of criminal populations. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 6, 293–314.

1989

  • Rossmo, K. (1989). The Bo Diddley Syndrome. MC2. Canada: Mensa Canada.

1987

  • Rossmo, K. (1987). Fugitive migration patterns. Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada: Simon Fraser University.