Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis
Computerized crime mapping or GIS in law enforcement agencies has experienced rapid growth, particularly since the mid 1990s. There has also been increasing interests in GIS analysis of crime from various academic fields including criminology, geography, urban planning, information science and others. This book features a diverse array of GIS applications in crime analysis, from general issues such as GIS as a communication process and inter-jurisdictional data sharing to specific...
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Since the mid 1990s, the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in law enforcement agencies has experienced rapid growth. This volume examines a diverse array of GIS applications in crime analysis. Eighteen contributions from academics and practitioners address such topics as interjurisdictional data sharing, single incident geographical profiling, and models for predicting future crime patterns. The volume concludes with two case studies that consider the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and certain types of crimes. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Ch. IGIS as a communication process : experiences from the Milwaukee COMPASS project1Ch. IIInterjurisdictional law enforcement data sharing issues : benefits of the use of geo-spatial technologies and barriers to more widespread cooperation24Ch. IIIGarbage in, garbage out : geocoding accuracy and spatial analysis of crime45Ch. IVDisaggregating the journey to homicide60Ch. VConstructing geographic areas for analysis of homicide in small populations : testing herding-culture-of-honor proposition84Ch. VIGeographic profiling for serial crime investigation102Ch. VIISingle incident geographical profiling118Ch. VIIIGeographic profiling and spatial analysis of serial homicides137Ch. IXGeographic surveillance of crime frequencies in small areas153Ch. XApplication of tracking signals to detect time series pattern changes in crime mapping systems171Ch. XIIntegrating GIS, GPS and MIS on the Web : EMPACT in Florida183Ch. XIISimulating crime events and crime patterns in a RA/CA model197Ch. XIIIIntegrating GIS and maximal covering models to determine optimal police patrol areas214Ch. XIVWeb GIS for mapping community crime rates : approaches and challenges236Ch. XVIdentifying "hot link" between crime and crime-related locations253Ch. XVIRemote sensing and spatial statistics as tools in crime analysis270Ch. XVIIRoutine activities of youth and neighborhood violence : spatial modeling of place, time and crime293Ch. XVIIIMeasuring crime in and around public housing using GIS311
