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Crime Mapping
An understanding of where and why crimes occur can help prevent future crimes. Mapping crime can help law enforcement protect citizens more effectively. Simple maps that display the locations where crimes or concentrations of crimes have occurred can be used to help direct patrols to places they are most needed. Policymakers can use more complex maps to observe trends in criminal activity; such maps can prove invaluable in solving criminal cases. For example, detectives can use maps to better understand the hunting patterns of serial criminals and to hypothesize where these offenders might live.

Using maps to help people visualize the geographic aspects of crime, however, is not limited to law enforcement. NIJ is moving mapping technology into the corrections community, and mapping also can provide specific information on crime and criminal behavior to politicians, the press and the general public.
Publications
Geography Public Safety, Volume 2 Issue 3, June 2010, June 2010
Guide for Applying Information Technology in Law Enforcement, March 2001
Software Evaluation Checklist for Law Enforcement Agencies, April 2003
Advanced Crime Mapping Topics, April 26, 2002
Technology for Community Policing, Conference Report, 1996
Articles
NamUs Helps Identify the Missing, TechBeat, Spring 2010
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SCORMAP Gets High Marks, TechBeat, Spring 2004
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Safe Schools: A Technology Primer, TechBeat, Winter 2003
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CORMAP It, TechBeat, Summer 2002
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Kansas City Shares the Crime, TechBeat, Summer 2003
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News Abstracts
"Chicago Using Predictive Analytics to Fight Crime, Police Chief Says", Government Technology, (08/09/10)
"New Map Helps Track Crime in Panama City Beach", The Walton Sun, (07/25/2010), Felicia Kitzmiller
"Statewide Website Tracks Sex Offenders", Madison Courier, (07/24/2010), Renee Bruck
"New Interactive Crime Map for Nashville Residents", News Channel 5.com, (07/01/2010), Mark Bellinger
"New Graffiti Detectors Help Police Curb Taggers", Contra Costa Times, (06/25/2010), Karl Fischer
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