GIS Empowered Urban Crime Research

TY - CHAP

T1 - GIS Empowered Urban Crime Research

AU - Li, Yijing

AU - Haining, Robert

PY - 2022/7/1

Y1 - 2022/7/1

N2 - The chapter looks at the contribution Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have made to research into the spatial and temporal patterns of urban crime and criminality, indicating areas of possible growth in the future and sketching the policy relevance of these developments for practical policing and research. It discusses four main GIS empowered crime research elements using a “3W1H” framework to help organize ideas: “Who (2P: Police and Public)”, “What (2C: Crime and Context)”, “Why (2W: When and Where)” and “How (2D: Data and Design)”. We highlight how interactive data visualisation leads to better public communication, essential for successful policing, as well as contributing to research agendas.

AB - The chapter looks at the contribution Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have made to research into the spatial and temporal patterns of urban crime and criminality, indicating areas of possible growth in the future and sketching the policy relevance of these developments for practical policing and research. It discusses four main GIS empowered crime research elements using a “3W1H” framework to help organize ideas: “Who (2P: Police and Public)”, “What (2C: Crime and Context)”, “Why (2W: When and Where)” and “How (2D: Data and Design)”. We highlight how interactive data visualisation leads to better public communication, essential for successful policing, as well as contributing to research agendas.

U2 - DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-3816-0_38

DO - DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-3816-0_38

M3 - Chapter

SP - 355

EP - 366

BT - New Thinking in GIScience

PB - Springer

ER -