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Paulsen (Eastern Kentucky University) and Robinson (Appalachian State University) cover theoretical and practical aspects of crime mapping and give hands-on instructions in the practical use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the spatial analysis of crime data in this text/workbook for stud

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• Preface(p. xvii)
• Chapter 1 Introduction to Spatial Aspects of Crime: Theory and Practice(p. 1)
• Introduction to Criminological Theory(p. 1)
• An Introduction to the Book(p. 8)
• Part I Theory(p. 11)
• Chapter 2 Crime and Place(p. 13)
• Introduction to Crime and Place(p. 13)
• International Differences in Crime Distribution(p. 14)
• Regional Differences in Crime Distribution(p. 22)
• Differences in Urban and Rural Distributions of Crime Within the United States(p. 28)
• Intra-City Differences in Distributions of Crime Within the United States(p. 36)
• Spatial Aspects of Fear of Crime and Public Perception of Crime(p. 42)
• Summary(p. 45)
• Chapter 3 Social Disorganization(p. 53)
• Introduction to Social Disorganization(p. 53)
• Prehistory of Social Disorganization Theory: Cartographic School of Criminology(p. 54)
• Early Social Disorganization Theories(p. 56)
• The Chicago School of Criminology(p. 59)
• Modern Social Disorganization Research(p. 64)
• Problems and Criticisms of Theory(p. 71)
• Summary(p. 73)
• Chapter 4 Ecological Theories of Crime(p. 80)
• Introduction to the Major Schools of Thought in Ecological Theory(p. 80)
• Defensible Space(p. 81)
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (Cpted)(p. 86)
• Situational Crime Prevention(p. 97)
• Routine Activity Theory(p. 102)
• Crime Pattern Theory(p. 107)
• Summary of Major Findings and Implications(p. 113)
• Chapter 5 Behavioral Geography and Criminal Behavior(p. 120)
• An Introduction to Behavioral Geography(p. 121)
• Mental Maps(p. 123)
• Awareness Space(p. 126)
• Journey to Crime(p. 130)
• Geographic Profiling(p. 137)
• Summary(p. 147)
• Chapter 6 Epidemics, Diffusion, and Displacement of Crimes(p. 150)
• Introduction to Epidemics, Diffusion, and Displacement(p. 150)
• Epidemics(p. 151)
• Displacement(p. 159)
• Diffusion(p. 161)
• Summary(p. 167)
• Part II Practice(p. 173)
• Chapter 7 Mapping in the Criminal Justice System(p. 175)
• Introduction(p. 176)
• History of Mapping in Criminal Justice(p. 176)
• The Development of Mapping in American Policing(p. 177)
• Uses of Crime Mapping Within Policing(p. 179)
• Mapping in Courts and Corrections(p. 189)
• Future Uses of Gis and Crime Mapping(p. 195)
• Summary(p. 204)
• Chapter 8 Major Issues in the Practice of Crime Mapping(p. 206)
• Introduction(p. 206)
• Barriers to the Use of Computerized Mapping(p. 207)
• Data Issues(p. 211)
• Critical Issues Concerning the Use of Computerized Mapping(p. 225)
• Ethical and Legal Issues in Crime Mapping(p. 226)
• Summary(p. 234)
• Part III Crime Mapping Workbook(p. 239)
• Workbook Section I Getting Started with GIS(p. 241)
• Workbook Chapter 1 Getting Started with Arcview 3.3(p. 243)
• Getting Started(p. 243)
• Exploring Selected Arcview Tools(p. 246)
• Review Questions(p. 249)
• Further Readings(p. 249)
• Workbook Chapter 2 Understanding Data Sources(p. 250)
• Introduction(p. 250)
• Different Types of Data(p. 250)
• Sources of Data(p. 252)
• Working with Different Data Types(p. 254)
• Suggestions for Classifying Data(p. 256)
• Project: Contextual Data Analysis(p. 256)
• Review Questions(p. 257)
• Workbook Chapter 3 Entering Data(p. 258)
• Introduction(p. 258)
• Geocoding Data(p. 258)
• Practical Geocoding(p. 260)
• Adding GPS Coordinates(p. 264)
• Project: Geocoding Accuracy(p. 265)
• Review Questions(p. 265)
• Further Readings(p. 266)
• Workbook Chapter 4 Querying and Merging Data(p. 267)
• Introduction(p. 267)
• Why Query and Merge Data?(p. 267)
• Querying Themes(p. 268)
• Merging Themes(p. 270)
• Project: Merge and Query Data(p. 271)
• Review Questions(p. 271)
• Further Readings(p. 271)
• Workbook Chapter 5 Understanding Layouts and Map Design(p. 272)
• Introduction(p. 272)
• Scale and Map Design(p. 272)
• Map Elements(p. 273)
• Map Layout(p. 274)
• Editing Map Elements(p. 274)
• Adding other Elements to the Layout(p. 277)
• Printing and Exporting a Layout(p. 277)
• Map Design(p. 278)
• Project: Designing Effective Maps(p. 282)
• Review Questions(p. 283)
• Further Readings(p. 283)
• Workbook Section II Basic Spatial Analysis(p. 285)
• Workbook Chapter 6 Proximity Analysis(p. 287)
• Introduction(p. 287)
• What is Proximity Analysis and Why Use it?(p. 287)
• Buffer Zone Analysis(p. 289)
• Theme Selection(p. 290)
• Exercises(p. 292)
• Review Questions(p. 292)
• Workbook Chapter 7 Spatial Distribution Analysis(p. 293)
• Introduction(p. 293)
• Mean Center Analysis(p. 294)
• Standard Deviation Analysis(p. 297)
• Performing Standard Deviation Analysis(p. 298)
• Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis(p. 300)
• Performing Moran's "I" and Geary's "C"(p. 301)
• Exercises(p. 302)
• Review Questions(p. 303)
• Further Readings(p. 303)
• Workbook Chapter 8 Distance Analysis(p. 305)
• Introduction(p. 305)
• Nearest Neighbor Index(p. 305)
• K-Order Nearest Neighbor Analysis(p. 307)
• Exercises(p. 309)
• Review Questions(p. 309)
• Further Readings(p. 309)
• Workbook Section III Advanced Spatial Analysis(p. 311)
• Workbook Chapter 9 Hot Spot Analysis(p. 313)
• Introduction(p. 313)
• Hot Spot Methods(p. 315)
• Fuzzy Mode(p. 316)
• Nearest Neighbor Hierarchical Clustering (Nnh)(p. 318)
• Risk Adjusted Nearest Neighbor Analysis (Rnnh)(p. 321)
• Exercises(p. 322)
• Review Questions(p. 323)
• Further Readings(p. 324)
• Workbook Chapter 10 Density Mapping(p. 325)
• Introduction(p. 325)
• Single Kernel Density Interpolation(p. 326)
• Dual Kernel Density Interpolation(p. 329)
• Exercises(p. 331)
• Review Questions(p. 331)
• Further Readings(p. 332)
• Workbook Chapter 11 Spatial Dispersion Mapping(p. 333)
• Introduction(p. 333)
• Performing Spatial Dispersion Mapping Using Dual Kernel Density Interpolation(p. 334)
• Exercises(p. 335)
• Review Questions(p. 336)
• Further Readings(p. 336)
• Bibliography(p. 337)
• Index(p. 355)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Derek J. Paulsen: Eastern Kentucky University
Matthew B. Robinson: Appalachian State University