Esri announced the publication of GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, second edition. Readers use Esri ArcGIS software and sample data as they work through step-by-step exercises and independent assignments that teach them how to build and manage a crime mapping and analysis system.
Geared toward law enforcement professionals such as crime analysts and high school and college students studying GIS and crime mapping, the book's tutorials cover how to
- Use, query, and create crime maps.
- Geocode crime incident data.
- Automate crime mapping using Esri's ModelBuilder application, which is used to create, edit, and manage models.
- Do predictive policing by using spatial analysis tools to analyze crime hot spots.