Home Is Where the Heart Lies: Mapping Murder (Enhanced DVD)

Home Is Where the Heart Lies: Mapping Murder (Enhanced DVD) is a documentary that explores the fact that criminals often commit their crimes where they live rather than traveling long distances to do so. According to Professor David Canter, "The fact is that most offenders do not travel very far to commit their crimes. Like you and me, their home is where their heart lies." As a part of this video, Professor Canter uses examples to support this point that he makes. He speaks of the case of Jill Dando, a British TV personality who was killed on her own doorstep by a man who lived a mere few streets away from her. In addition, he goes into the case of the Railway Rapists, who were an infamous duo would earned their name by raping people up and down a rail line that was close to the residence of John Duffy, who was one of them. In two cases, they also murdered their victims. He also goes into the very well known example of Jack the Ripper, who is thought to have lived in the East End of London and is known to have terrorized a variety of people who lived there as well. The documentary also takes a look at the Soho cholera epidemic of 1854, which ended up being curbed by geographical mapping that was done by Dr. John Snow, is also included. This is an episode of the series "Mapping Murder: Investigative Psychology Meets Geographical Profiling." The run time for this program is 24 minutes, and it was put together in 2002.