Note
"Aug. 05."
"NCJ 209393."
"Can be used as a companion to another crime mapping report published by the National Institute of Justice in 1999, Mapping crime: principle and practice, by Keith Harries"--p. iii.
Description based on print version record.
Summary
Much of crime mapping is devoted to detecting high-crime density areas known as hot spots. This monograph identifies and discusses the factors needed to analyze hot spots: analysis focus, spatial dependence, crime type, time intervals, barriers, output display, and software. The report is comprised of three main chapters. Chapter 1 is targeted to novices in crime mapping defining crime hot spots; what they are, why they exist, and how to map them. Chapter 2 is more advanced discussing the methods and techniques for understanding crime hot spots. The third chapter is geared to those highly experienced analysts providing spatial analysis tools for identifying hot spots.
Contents
1. Crime hot spots: what they are, why we have them, and how to map them. -- 2. Methods and techniques for understanding crime hot spots. -- 3. Spatial analysis tools for identifying hot spots. -- 4. Conclusion.