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Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping
Fourth Edition
- Rachel Boba Santos - Radford University, USA
488 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Crime Analysis With Crime Mapping, Fourth Edition provides students and practitioners with a solid foundation for understanding the conceptual nature and practice of crime analysis to assist police in preventing and reducing crime and disorder. Author Rachel Boba Santos offers an in-depth description of this emerging field, as well as guidelines and techniques for conducting crime analysis supported by evidence-based research, real world application, and recent innovations in the field. As the only introductory core text for crime analysis, this must-have resource presents readers with opportunities to apply theory, research methods, and statistics to careers that support and enhance the effectiveness of modern policing.
Preface
About the Author
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF CRIME ANALYSIS
Chapter 1: Crime Analysis and the Profession
Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations of Crime Analysis
Chapter 3: Evidence-Based Policing and the Role of Crime Analysis
PART II: CRIME ANALYSIS PROCESS, DATA, AND PURPOSE
Chapter 4: Crime Analysis Process and Application
Chapter 5: Crime Analysis Data and Technology
Chapter 6: Geographic Data and Crime Mapping
Chapter 7: Crime Analysis Purpose and Audience
PART III: TACTICAL CRIME ANALYSIS
Chapter 8: Repeat Incidents and Tactical Data Collection
Chapter 9: Pattern Identification Process
Chapter 10: Identifying Meaningful and Useful Patterns
Chapter 11: Describing and Disseminating Known Patterns
PART IV: STRATEGIC CRIME ANALYSIS
Chapter 12: Analyzing Problems, Process and Statistics
Chapter 13: Analyzing Problems, Application of Techniques, Part I
Chapter 14: Analyzing Problems, Application of Techniques, Part II
Chapter 15: Strategic Crime Analysis Results and Dissemination
PART V: ADMINISTRATIVE CRIME ANALYSIS
Chapter 16: Administrative Crime Analysis: Crime Analysis for Accountability
Glossary
References
Index
Supplements
Instructor Teaching Site
SAGE offers an exceptionally robust set of offerings for both student and instructor resources, all accessible from each title’s companion website. The Student Study Site is completely open access, making it as easy as possible for your students to use. The Instructor Teaching Site is verified and password-protected, offering you both peace of mind and a wealth of support for your courses.
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SAGE offers an exceptionally robust set of offerings for both student and instructor resources, all accessible from each title’s companion website. The Student Study Site is completely open access, making it as easy as possible for your students to use. The Instructor Teaching Site is verified and password-protected, offering you both peace of mind and a wealth of support for your courses.
Calling all instructors!
It’s easy to log on to SAGE’s password-protected Instructor Teaching Site for complete and protected access to all text-specific Instructor Resources. Simply provide your institutional information for verification and within 72 hours you’ll be able to use your login information for any SAGE title!
Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:
- A Microsoft® Word® test bank is available, containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
- Editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course. Highlight essential content and features.
- Chapter notes that come right from the book and complement the PowerPoint® slides, which may be provided to students as study notes.
- Lively and stimulating class assignments to reinforce active learning. The assignments apply to individual or group projects.
- Tables and figures from the printed book available in an easily-downloaded format for use in papers, hand-outs, and presentations.
- Selected crime analysis literature for greater class preparation and to foster more discussion and critical thinking
- EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide student interpretation. Combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
- Web resources direct both instructors and students to useful and current web sites.
- Web exercises guide creative activities to extend and reinforce learning or allow for further research on important chapter topics.
- Police reports are provided for reference while completing the web exercises.
- Crime Analysis Product Bank features a collection of crime analysis products provided by a number of crime analysts from police agencies across the United States.
Student Study Site
Use the Student Study Site to get the most out of your course!
Our Student Study Site is completely open-access and offers a wide range of additional features.
Use the Student Study Site to get the most out of your course!
Our Student Study Site is completely open-access and offers a wide range of additional features.
- EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide student interpretation. Combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
- Web resources direct both instructors and students to useful and current web sites.
- Web exercises guide creative activities to extend and reinforce learning or allow for further research on important chapter topics.
- Police reports are provided for reference while completing the web exercises.
- Crime Analysis Product Bank features a collection of crime analysis products provided by a number of crime analysts from police agencies across the United States.
“This is an easy to read and comprehensive text, designed to provide an understanding of crime analysis and the techniques employed today by the criminal justice system. All Criminal justice can benefit from the Administrative Analysis as well. Emphasis has been presented to understand the importance of proactively using the data generated to prevent future occurrences as well as providing information for tactical deployment and administrative interpretation of data. The text makes you a believer in crime analysis”
Cumberland County College
“Good balance of context, theory, and practice.”
University of New Haven
“Good companion study site, with useful material included such as quizzes and PPT chapter summaries, as well as the link the ATAC software.”
University of Portsmouth, UK