GIS and Crime Mapping

GIS and Crime Mapping is the definitive text to support readers with the fundamental theory, scientific methodologies, analysis techniques, application design, and management processes for implementing and developing crime mapping. The book includes a comprehensive presentation of GIS, crime mapping and geographic crime analysis solutions for operational, tactical, investigative, and strategic policing and crime reduction purposes. Topics in this book include, • The basics of GIS for mapping crime • Definitions and geographical structures within criminal justice • The principle spatial theories of crime • Spatial statistics for crime analysis • Crime hotspots • Mapping and analysing change over time • Mapping crime with local community data • Information sharing • GIS and crime mapping for operational, tactical, investigative, and strategic policing and crime reduction • Crime map cartography • Implementing GIS and crime mapping • Managing and organising crime mapping and analysis. GIS and Crime Mapping draws from the authors’ international expertise and experiences. The book includes short case studies at relevant sections to help demonstrate the key principles, concepts and applications of crime mapping, and bring an added international richness and depth. GIS and Crime Mapping uniquely combines the topics of theoretical principles, GIS, analysis, map design, and organisational structures of GIS and crime mapping for policing and crime reduction, delivered in a style that is accessible to a broad range of readers. These include intelligence and crime analysts; policing, intelligence, law enforcement and crime reduction practioners; and academics, lecturers, researchers and students in GIS, crime science, crime prevention, community safety, criminal justice or criminology. GIS and Crime Mapping acts as an important and timely book in this growing and exciting field.