Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis

Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis

Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis was written by and Fahui Wang. The 345 page book was published by IGI Global in 2005 (originally in 2004) with an ISBN 10 of 1591404541. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis mentions 1 serial killers including Clifford Olson. The author Fahui Wang has 1 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

Computerized crime mapping or GIS in law enforcement agencies has experienced rapid growth, particularly since the mid 1990s. There has also been increasing interests in GIS analysis of crime from various academic fields including criminology, geography, urban planning, information science and others. Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis features a diverse array of GIS applications in crime analysis, from general issues such as GIS as a communication process and inter-jurisdictional data sharing to specific applications in tracking serial killers and predicting juvenile violence.