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Highlight: California University of Pennsylvania Opens Crime Mapping Center

NCJ Number
228497
Journal
Geography and Public Safety Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: February 2008 Pages: 11-11
Author(s)
Tom Mueller, Ph.D.
Date Published
February 2008
Length
1 page
Annotation

This article announces the opening of the California University of Pennsylvania Crime Mapping Center.

Abstract

The Crime Mapping Center opened following receipt of a 2004 U.S. Department of Justice grant by California University of Pennsylvania. The Crime Mapping Center has helped local police departments identify trends while helping students interested in law enforcement build their careers. The Center is equipped with Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, which allows students to complete weekly and monthly crime-mapping reports for rural police departments (Uniontown, Brownsville, Johnstown in southwest Pennsylvania). Students analyze crime data and show law enforcement officers the spatial patterns of crimes. The maps help police monitor crime in their jurisdictions. The university is hoping to expand its crime-mapping services to more police departments in the future.