NCJ Number
39885
Date Published
1975
Length
300 pages
Annotation
AN EXAMINATION OF THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE ALLOCATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF PATROL PERSONNEL RESULTING FROM CRIME ANALYSIS, AND ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF CRIME ANALYSIS AS REFLECTED IN THE AVAILABLE LITERATURE.
Abstract
THIS VOLUME IS THE RESULT OF A NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM EFFORT DESIGNED TO ASCERTAIN THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF CRIME ANALYSIS IN THE U.S.A., TO DESCRIBE ACTUAL RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED BY CRIME ANALYSIS PROJECTS, AND TO DEVELOP EVALUATION STRATEGIES WHICH MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN ON-GOING CRIME ANALYSIS PROJECTS. CRIME ANALYSIS IS CONSIDERED IN TWO BROAD ASPECTS: DEPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL IN RELATION TO SHORT-TERM PROBLEMS AND ALLOCATION OF PERSONNEL FOR LONGER RANGE NEEDS. TO IDENTIFY THE ISSUES AND STATE-OF-THE-ART OF CRIME ANALYSIS, AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE WAS UNDERTAKEN. AS THE RESULT OF THIS LITERATURE SEARCH, THIS VOLUME EXAMINES THE CRIME ANALYSIS PROCESS AS IT RELATES TO POLICE DECISIONMAKING, AND PROVIDES A BRIEF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE USE OF CRIME ANALYSIS AS A FORMAL EFFORT IN PATROL DEPLOYMENT AND ALLOCATON. IT WAS FOUND THAT WHILE EARLY LITERATURE ON CRIME ANALYSIS PREDICTED MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN ALLOCATION AND DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS THROUGH MODELING AND PREDICTION CAPABILITIES, LITTLE HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON ACTUAL TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS. THUS, THIS REPORT PROVIDES BASIC INFORMATION ON THE CAPABILITIES AND POTENTIALS OF CRIME ANALYSIS, SOME ASPECTS OF IT WHICH HAVE BEEN USED, AND ITS CONCEIVED ROLE IN VARIOUS POLICE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE AUTHORS CAUTION, HOWEVER, THAT THE LITERATURE IS INADEQUATE FOR ASSESSING THE STATE-OF-THE-ART FOR CRIME ANALYSIS SINCE 1975. FOR OTHER VOLUMES ON THIS PROJECT, SEE NCJ-39886 AND 39887....DMC