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MAP ABSTRACT OF CRIMINAL-JUSTICE INFORMATION - ALABAMA

NCJ Number
36904
Author(s)
M L SHANNON; J ZAKANYCZ; R SIGLER; N LINEBACK
Date Published
1976
Length
109 pages
Annotation
COMPUTER-MAPPED STATE GEOGRAHIC INVENTORY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA, INCLUDING CRIME RATES BY COUNTY, PAROLES AND PROBATIONS, INMATE POPULATIONS, INSTITUTIONAL DATA, AND JUVENILE COURT STATISTICS.
Abstract
A TOTAL OF 72 MAP ABSTRACTS ARE PROVIDED. TWO TYPES ARE UTILIZED - THE CHOROPLETH (SHADED) AND THE ISOLINE (CONTOUR). TWO TYPES OF DATA ARE ALSO PROVIDED, ABSOLUTE AND PERCENT OF TOTAL. THE ABSOLUTE DATA WERE MAPPED ON CHOROPLETH MAPS, WHILE PERCENTS OF TOTALS WERE UTILIZED ON ISOLINE MAPS. THIS BOOK WAS DESIGNED TO SERVE AS A REFERNCE ON GEOGRAPHIC TRENDS FOR FEDERAL, STATE, AND REGIONAL PLANNERS. COLUMNAR TABLES OF THE MAPPED DATA APPEAR IN THE APPENDIX.

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