GIS and crime mapping /
By: Chainey, Spencer.
Contributor(s): Ratcliffe, Jerry.
Series: Mastering GIS.Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2005Description: xii, 428 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780470860991 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780470860991:.Subject(s): Crime analysis -- Data processing | Crime -- Geographic information systems | Geographic information systems![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Mapping and the criminal justice environment -- The basics of crime mapping -- Spatial theories of crime -- Spatial statistics for crime analysis -- Identifying crime hotspots -- Mapping crime with local community data -- Mapping and analysing change over time -- Mapping for operational police acitivites -- Tactical and investigative crime mapping applications -- Policing the causes of crime -- Crime map cartography -- The management and organisation of crime mapping services.
Covering the theoretical principles and practical issues associated with GIS and crime, this text also uses relevant examples to help demonstrate how the principles and concepts are essential for successful application development.