... The studies conducted in this period have provided some evidence for the assumptions underpinning crime linkage (behavioral consistency and distinctiveness) with a variety of different crime types, and research has demonstrated that predictions about linkage status can be made that are significantly better than chance (e.g., Bennell & Canter, 2002;Bennell & Jones, 2005;Burrell, Bull, & Bond, 2012;Davies, Tonkin, Bull, & Bond, 2012;Ellingwood, Mugford, Bennell, Melnyk, & Fritzon, 2013;Salo et al., 2012;Santtila, Junkkila, & Sandnabba, 2005;Santtila et al., 2008;Tonkin, Santtila, & Bull, 2011;Tonkin, Woodhams, Bull, Bond, & Palmer, 2011;Woodhams & Labuschagne, 2012;Woodhams & Toye, 2007). However, a thorough qualitative review of 19 published studies by Bennell, Mugford, Ellingwood, and Woodhams (2014) revealed a moderate range of crime linkage accuracy for different types of offending. In addition, there are several limitations with regard to crime linkage studies that make this enterprise for researchers and practitioners alike less straightforward than it might seem. ...