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Crime Analysis Through Computer Mapping

NCJ Number
157270
Editor(s)
C R Block, M Dabdoub, S Fregly
Date Published
1995
Length
298 pages
Annotation
These 25 papers explain the use of computer mapping in crime analysis and its application in police decisionmaking.
Abstract
An introduction notes that the development of computer techniques of spatial analysis useful to police is in its initial stages and that these models should have clear, logical structures; be operational; and make sense based on actual experience. Additional papers focus on the importance of considering crime displacement in the response stage as well as the assessment stage of problem-oriented policing, the concept of hot-spot areas as a statistical tool for law enforcement decisions, spatial patterns related to suicide, and specific techniques used in computer mapping. Further papers discuss the integration of crime mapping with computer-aided dispatch and records management systems, the development of a tactical early warning system on a small- city budget, the use of crime mapping to analyze drug markets, and the use of geographical analysis to support community policing. Case examples, figures, footnotes, and chapter reference lists