| Description |
1 online resource (200 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- PART I -- INTRODUCTION: Operational Imperatives and Intellectual Cautionary Tales -- Chapter 1 -- Using a Geographic Information System for Tactical Crime Analysis -- Chapter 2 -- The New York Police Department COMPSTAT Process: Mapping for Analysis, Evaluation, and Accountability -- Chapter 3 -- Filters, Fears, and Photos: Speculations and Explorations in the Geography of Crime -- Chapter 4 -- The Spatial Analysis of Crime: What Social Scientists Have Learned -- PART II -ANALYZING CRIME HOT SPOTS IN NEW YORK |
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Chapter 5 -- Finding Crime Hot Spots Through Repeat Address Mapping -- Chapter 6 -Exploratory Data Analysis of Crime Patterns: Preliminary Findings From the Bronx -- Chapter 7 -- Identifying Crime Hot Spots Using Kernel Smoothing -- Chapter 8 -- The Utility of Standard Deviation Ellipses for Evaluating Hot Spots -- PART III -- CRIME AND FACILITIES -- Chapter 9 -- Crime, Space, and Place: An Analysis of Crime Patterns in Brooklyn -- Chapter 10 -- Crime in Public Housing: Two-Way Diffusion Effects in Surrounding Neighborhoods |
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Chapter 11 -- The Bronx and Chicago: Street Robbery in the Environs of Rapid Transit Stations -- Chapter 12 -- Schools and Crime -- PART IV -- TOOLS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS -- Chapter 13 -- Evaluating Statistical Software for Analyzing Crime Patterns and Trends -- Index -- About the Authors |
| Summary |
This volume shows how state-of-the-art geographic information systems (GIS), used to display patterns of crime to stimulate effective strategies and decision-making, are revolutionizing urban law enforcement. The contributors present expert information for understanding and successfully employing the latest technologies in this field |
| Subject |
Crime analysis -- United States
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Criminal statistics -- United States
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Spatial behavior -- United States
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Crime analysis
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Criminal statistics
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Spatial behavior
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McGuire, Philip G
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Mollenkopf, John H
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Ross, Timothy A
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| LC no. |
99006533 |
| ISBN |
9781452221717 |
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1452221715 |
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9780761919414 |
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0761919414 |
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