Using geographical information systems to organize police patrol routes effectively by grouping hotspots of crash and crime data

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-148

  Kuo, Pei Fen ^a   Lord, Dominique ^a   Walden, Troy Duane ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster pattern; Crash and crime; DDACTS; Hotspots; Kernel Density

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRIME; GIS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 84878579501     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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