CRIME MAPPING AND ANALYSIS

Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis are two tools that criminal justice organizations utilize in both investigation and crime prevention efforts

Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis are two tools that criminal justice organizations utilize in both investigation and crime prevention efforts

Introduction

The law enforcement agencies' analysts use crime mapping for analyzing, mapping and visualizing the patterns of crime incident. Crime analysis is defined as the quantitative and qualitative study of law enforcement and crime information in combination with the spatial and socio-economic factors for evaluating organizational procedures, reducing disorder, preventing crime and apprehending criminals. Crime mapping is an essential part of the CompStat policing strategy and crime analysis. Crime mapping by the use of GIS (Geographic Information System) facilitates the analysts of crime for identifying crime hot spot in addition to the various patterns and trends (Boba, 2001). This paper discusses that crime mapping and crime analysis are two tools that criminal justice organizations utilize in both investigation and crime prevention efforts.

Discussion and Analysis

Analysis of crime utilizes both quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques and data. Qualitative analytical techniques and data refer to the data (non-numerical) in addition to the interpretation and examination of observations for the intention of determining the fundamental patterns and meanings of links. This is the most basic type of historical research, filed research, and content analysis. On the other hand, the analysis of quantitative data (numerical) comprises of the observation utilization for the intentions of explaining and describing the phenomenon, which the observations replicate. Both techniques and data types are employed by the crime analysis tool on the basis of the practical and analytical requirements. For instance, data of crimes could be utilized in a number of methods, both quantitatively and qualitatively. In contrast, the crime report narratives are taken into consideration as the qualitative information within ...