MAPS Publications

Mapping Crime: Understanding Hot Spots (August 2005)

– John Eck, Spencer Chainey, James Cameron, Michael Leitner, Ronald E. Wilson

Much of crime mapping is devoted to detecting high-crime density areas known as hot spots. Hot spot analysis helps police identify high-crime areas, types of crime being committed, and the best way to respond. This publication presents various hot spot mapping and analysis techniques, software options and capabilities, and a theoretical discussion that frames various types of hot spots within policing strategies and response.

Using Geographic Information Systems To Map Crime Victim Services (February 2003)

– Debra A. Stoe with Carol R. Watkins, Jeffrey Kerr, Linda Rost, Theodosia Craig

This publication reviews the use of Geographic Information Systems for victim service providers and how it can help agencies understand the significance of where, when, and by whom crimes are committed.

Privacy in the Information Age, A Guide for Sharing Crime Maps and Spatial Data (July 2001)

– Julie Wartell, J. Thomas McEwen

Measurement and Analysis of Crime and Justice: Spatial Analyses of Crime (July 2000)

– Luc Anselin, Jacqueline Cohen, David Cook, Wilpen Gorr, George Tita

The NIJ publication, Measurement and Analysis of Crime and Justice, Volume 4, has a chapter on the spatial analyses of crime.

Mapping Crime: Principle and Practice (December 1999)

– Keith Harries

This publication introduces the science of crime mapping to police officers, crime analysts, and other people interested in visualizing crime data through the medium of maps. Not a technical guide to software, Mapping Crime: Principle and Practice presents a broad approach and addresses the kinds of questions crime mapping can answer and how it can answer them. More than 110 colorful maps illustrate how geographic information systems (GIS) are used to analyze crime problems.