ABSTRACT

Sincethe1998CrimeandDisorderActwaspassedinEnglandandWales, placingajointstatutorydutyonpoliceforcesandlocalauthoritiesto produceCrimeandDisorderAuditsfortheirareas,therehasbeena heightenedinterestinthetechniques,trainingandtechnologynecessaryto performcrimemappingandanalysis.Thisbookcoversexperiencesof crimemappingandthespatialanalysisofcrimedatabothinacademic researchandinprofessionalpractice.Themajorityofthechaptersinthis bookareexamplesofcrimemappingandanalysisintheUK,although therearesomeexamplesfromtheUSA,wherecrimemappinghasbeenan importantpartoflawenforcementandcrimepreventioneffortsforsome time.