Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping

Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping by Rachel Boba Santos

Crime Analysis With Crime Mapping, Fifth Edition provides students and practitioners with a solid introduction to the conceptual nature and practice of crime analysis and how it assists police in crime reduction. Author Rachel Boba Santos delves into this emerging field, providing guidelines and techniques for conducting crime analysis supported by evidence-based research, real world application, and recent innovations in the field. As the only introductory core text for crime analysis, this must-have resource presents readers with opportunities to apply theory, research methods, and statistics to careers that support and enhance the effectiveness of modern policing.

"Outstanding text that provides actionable methods for conducting crime analysisIt balances student needs along with working professionals. The instructor resources are also a huge bonus providing class exercises and assignments that the students truly enjoy." -- Gwen M. Udell
"An excellent introductory text for crime analysis and crime mapping for criminal justice." -- William Moreto

Rachel Boba Santos is a professor at Radford University in the Department of Criminal Justice. She works with police departments and crime analysts. She conducts experimental and applied research on place-based and offender-based police crime reduction strategies, stratified policing, crime analysis, community engagement, and police use of force. Dr. Santos′ interests include conducting practice-based research which is implementing and evaluating evidence-based practices in the “real world” of criminal justice. In particular, she seeks to improve crime prevention and crime reduction efforts by police in areas such as crime analysis, problem solving, accountability, as well as leadership and organizational change. She and Dr. Roberto Santos co-created Stratified Policing which is an organizational model for systemizing proactive crime reduction strategies in police departments. Other areas of research include police/researcher partnerships, police/community collaboration, hot spot and problem-oriented policing, predictive policing, environmental criminology, crime and place, police/crime data and technology, experimental research methodology, and program evaluation.

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ISBN 13	9781071831403
ISBN 10	1071831402
Title	Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping
Author	Rachel Boba Santos
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SAGE Publications Inc
Year published	2022-04-21
Number of pages	504
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