seven types of patterns are Series, Spree, Hot Prey, Hot Spot, Hot Setting, Hot Place, and Hot Product.
Series- is a group of similar of crimes that thought to be committed by the same person or group acting in concert.
Examples: Four commercial arsons citywide in which a black male, between the ages of 45 -50, wearing yellow sweatpants, a black hooded sweatshirt and a yellow “Yankees” cap, was observed leaving the commercial structures immediately after the fire alarm was triggered; five home invasion-style