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Record Nr.

UNINA9911020050103321

Autore

Chainey Spencer

Titolo

GIS and crime mapping / / Spencer Chainey, Jerry Ratcliffe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2005

ISBN

9786610287789

9781118685198

1118685199

9781118685181

1118685180

9781280287787

1280287780

9780470860984

0470860987

9780470861059

0470861053

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Collana

Mastering GIS

Classificazione

SCI030000

Altri autori (Persone)

RatcliffeJerry

Disciplina

363.25

Soggetti

Crime analysis - Data processing

Geographic information systems

Digital mapping

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

The growing potential of GIS for supporting policing and crime reduction is now being recognised by a broader community. GIS can be employed at different levels to support operational policing, tactical



crime mapping, detection, and wider-ranging strategic analyses. With the use of GIS for crime mapping increasing, this book provides a definitive reference. GIS and Crime Mapping provides essential information and reference material to support readers in developing and implementing crime mapping. Relevant case studies help demonstrate the key principles, concepts and applications of cr