NCJ Number
237355
Date Published
2009
Length
93 pages
Annotation
This document is the program for the 6-day 2009 U.S. Department of Justice Tenth Crime Mapping Research Conference: Solving Problems with Geography and Technology.
Abstract
This document is the program for the U.S. Department of Justice Tenth Crime Mapping Research Conference: Solving Problems with Geography and Technology held on August 17- 22, 2009, in New Orleans, LA. The materials provided in the program include the agenda for the first 2 days of workshops, the agenda for the 4 days of the conference, brief biographies of each presenter, and a presenter index. Topics covered during the conference include: Geospatial Technology in Public Safety; Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety; The Use of Simulation Modeling for Understanding Crime Events; Using Cluster Analysis to Identify Gang Mobility Problems; Geographic Aspects of Sex Offender Residency Restriction Laws; Employing Information-Led Policing to Develop Local Policing Solutions; The Geography of Choice in Terrorism Analysis; Defining High-Crime Areas: Implications for Policing and Courts; An Analysis of Criminal Search Paths Using GPS Track Data; Predicting Juvenile Recidivism: Analyzing the Effects of Individuals, Programs and Neighborhoods with Cross-Classified Hierarchical Generalized Linear Modeling; Using Spatial Statistics to Improve Crime Fighting in a Large Police Department; and The Accuracy and Efficiency of Geographic Profiling Predictions: Simple Heuristics Versus Mathematical Algorithms.