If I wanted to know more about a particular crime pattern or the status of an investigation, I'd visit the squad and debrief the detective in charge of the case.

WSJ: Back on the Crime Beat

Pattern analysis the heart of data mining is conventional crime-solving, whether the suspicious patterns are spotted on a crime pin map, on a city street, or in an electronic database.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Balancing security and privacy during wartime

Pattern analysis -- the heart of data mining -- is conventional crime-solving, whether the suspicious patterns are spotted on a crime pin map, on a city street, or in an electronic database.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Balancing security and privacy during wartime

"As often happens when tackling organised crime, our success has prompted changes to the fraud including, in this case, changes to the underlying pattern of trading, " he said.

BBC: Analysis