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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480284103321

Titolo

Analyzing crime patterns [[electronic resource] ] : frontiers of practice / / edited by Victor Goldsmith ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000

ISBN

1-4522-3576-7

1-322-41343-6

1-4522-2171-5

0-7619-1941-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldsmithVictor

Disciplina

364.042

364.0420973

364/.042/0973

Soggetti

Crime analysis - United States

Criminal statistics - United States

Spatial behavior - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Analyzing crime hot spots in New York -- pt. III. Crime and facilities -- pt. IV. Tools for spatial analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

Using real case studies from New York where GIS have been at the centre of a successful programme, the contributors to this study present methods of combining geographic information systems and application software with strategies to reduce crime.