UK open source crime data: Accuracy and possibilities for research

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 97-111

  Tompson, Lisa ^a   Johnson, Shane ^a   Ashby, Matthew ^a   Perkins, Chloe ^b   Edwards, Phillip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geomasking; indices of similarity; open data; spatial accuracy; spatial crime analysis

Indexed keywords

LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

GEOMASKING; INDICES OF SIMILARITY; OPEN DATUM; SPATIAL ACCURACY; SPATIAL CRIME ANALYSIS;

CRIME;

CRIME; ERROR ANALYSIS; POLICE FORCE; PUBLIC ACCESS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84923449314     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2014.972456     Document Type: Article

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