Crime modeling and mapping using geospatial technologies
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
Recent years in North America have seen a rapid development in the area of crime analysis and mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. In 1996, the US National Institute of Justice (NIJ) established the crime mapping research center (CMRC), to promote research, evaluation, development, and dissemination of GIS technology. The long-term goal is to develop a fully functional Crime Analysis System (CAS) with standardized data collection and reporting mechanisms, tools for spatial and temporal analysis, visualization of data and much more. Among the drawbacks of current crime analysis systems is their lack of tools for spatial analysis. For this reason, spatial analysts should research which current analysis techniques (or variations of such techniques) that have been already successfully applied to other areas (e.g., epidemiology, location-allocation analysis, etc.) can also be employed to the spatial analysis of crime data. This book presents a few of those cases.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies
Number
556
First Page
1
Last Page
446
Recommended Citation
Leitner, M. (2013). Crime modeling and mapping using geospatial technologies. Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies, 1-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4997-9