Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Leitner, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Geotechnologies and the Environment ; 8
• Subjects: Geography.; Geographical information systems.; Statistics.; Criminology.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.

Recent years in North America have seen a rapid development in the area of crime analysis and mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. In 1996, the US National Institute of Justice (NIJ) established the crime mapping research center (CMRC), to promote research, evaluation, deve...