将GIS集成到刑事司法研究中

INTEGRATING GISINTO CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCHCory Schnell, Ph.D.Hunter M. Boehme, Ph.D.Department of Criminology & Criminal JusticeFebruary 2, 2024GEOSPATIAL CRIME RESEARCH•Examine various quantitative criminological data•Crime points, arrests, calls for service•Hot spot analyses, space/time•Within/across units of analysis•Cities/counties/census tracts/block-groups: socio-demographics confluence with crime•Recent development: street segments and the “law of crime concentration”•A small number of street segments (2-7%) generate over 50% of a city’s violent crimePOLICE CONTACTS•Criminologists seek to understand the causes, outcomes, and why some communities may be more exposed to police contact•“Routine police work” vs. “social characteristic” explanations•Contacts may be beneficial to communities and the public•Community-policing, problem-solving, crime prevention•Contacts may also be detrimental (over-and under-policing)•Perceptions of police, use of force, arrests… but also neglectCOU