Spatiotemporal crime analysis in U.S. law enforcement agencies: Current practices and unmet needs

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 226-240

  Roth, Robert E ^a   Ross, Kevin S ^c   Finch, Benjamin G ^b   Luo, Wei ^b   MacEachren, Alan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Nsite   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartography; Crime analysis; Crime mapping; Geographic information systems (GIS); Law enforcement; Public safety; Spatiotemporal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879120041     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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