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Crime Analysis With Crime Mapping
One of the first books to bring crime analysis and crime mapping to an undergraduate audience and the only introductory core text available on the topic, this Second Edition of Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping provides an overview of the field, covers key analytical techniques, and discusses crime prevention and the role of crime analysis in effective policing. Enriched by author Rachel Boba’s unique perspective as an experienced academic and former crime analyst, the book offers a thorough introduction to the field as well as guidelines for practice.
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Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping is designed for undergraduate and graduate courses in Criminology, Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, Criminal Investigation, GIS, Geography, and Sociology. Relevant for current and future crime analysts as well as other police practitioners, the book is valuable for practitioner training in crime analysis and crime mapping.
New to the Second Edition
Ancillaries Available
Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping is designed for undergraduate and graduate courses in Criminology, Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, Criminal Investigation, GIS, Geography, and Sociology. Relevant for current and future crime analysts as well as other police practitioners, the book is valuable for practitioner training in crime analysis and crime mapping.
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376 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2008
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May 20, 2017
This will be a review of edition 2 as this is the edition I used. There is an edition 3. Given what I know of this book, from attending a presentation by Prof. Boba, and knowing something of her standing within the community; I am confident that edition 3 maintains her standards and improves on the utility of the text.
Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping is the selected text for an online course offering by one of, if not the major professional crime analysis associations. I do not believe that this association is in the business of making product recommendations and I do not have the right to speak for the Association. Even so I suggest that the continued use of this text by this organization constitutes affirmation of the value of Prof. Boba's works beyond any editorial opinion from me.
The field of crime analysis is relatively new, still seeking standards and very much growing. Prof. Boba documents that crime analysis has roots going back at least as far as 1900. The term was defined as far back as 1970s. However the presence of law enforcement positions titled 'crime analyst' and law enforcement units dedicated to crime analysis is still not universal. I have met many people in the field of crime analysis who got there and got there recently by assignment rather than prior training. That is, they worked in law enforcement somebody walked up to them and said "congratulations you're a crime analyst".
This text provides excellent introductory and intermediate level instructions on the vocabulary of crime analysis and practical insights into the practice crime analysis I strongly recommend this as one of a very small number of books that such a lucky person should study when assigned to be a Crime Analyst.
On the chance you are not familiar with the term crime analysis and are looking at this book while thinking of such television shows as NCIS; crime analysis may not be what you think. Crime analysts are not laboratory technicians dealing with machines like mass spectrometers. Crime analyst deal with a variety of issues mostly associated with data. Typical crime analyst duties may range from producing crime bulletins to more highly technical activities such as creating statistical and mapping applications. It is not unknown to find the same person working duties across this spectrum in a single workweek.
Based on my own experience and preferences I would have liked more time spent on the subject of crime mapping. This is a difference of degree rather than substance.
At $60 for this copy and more for the newer edition this is not an inexpensive book. My copy was purchased through Amazon as a secondhand book. Even with my additional use this copy still has life in it.
Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping is the selected text for an online course offering by one of, if not the major professional crime analysis associations. I do not believe that this association is in the business of making product recommendations and I do not have the right to speak for the Association. Even so I suggest that the continued use of this text by this organization constitutes affirmation of the value of Prof. Boba's works beyond any editorial opinion from me.
The field of crime analysis is relatively new, still seeking standards and very much growing. Prof. Boba documents that crime analysis has roots going back at least as far as 1900. The term was defined as far back as 1970s. However the presence of law enforcement positions titled 'crime analyst' and law enforcement units dedicated to crime analysis is still not universal. I have met many people in the field of crime analysis who got there and got there recently by assignment rather than prior training. That is, they worked in law enforcement somebody walked up to them and said "congratulations you're a crime analyst".
This text provides excellent introductory and intermediate level instructions on the vocabulary of crime analysis and practical insights into the practice crime analysis I strongly recommend this as one of a very small number of books that such a lucky person should study when assigned to be a Crime Analyst.
On the chance you are not familiar with the term crime analysis and are looking at this book while thinking of such television shows as NCIS; crime analysis may not be what you think. Crime analysts are not laboratory technicians dealing with machines like mass spectrometers. Crime analyst deal with a variety of issues mostly associated with data. Typical crime analyst duties may range from producing crime bulletins to more highly technical activities such as creating statistical and mapping applications. It is not unknown to find the same person working duties across this spectrum in a single workweek.
Based on my own experience and preferences I would have liked more time spent on the subject of crime mapping. This is a difference of degree rather than substance.
At $60 for this copy and more for the newer edition this is not an inexpensive book. My copy was purchased through Amazon as a secondhand book. Even with my additional use this copy still has life in it.
January 22, 2011
Using this textbook for my Crime Analysis Course at UNI.
September 17, 2015
Easy to read; easy to understand.
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