CRJ 515 Crime Mapping Webb Site

              The College of Business and Public Affairs

                       West Chester University

                        West Chester, Pa. 19383

    Wesley W. Thomas, Ph.D.

    Tele: 610-436-3145

    wthomas@wcupa.edu

     Course Syllabus                   Class Assignments

     Bibliography               Academic Computer Center Hours

     Powerpoint Files         Address Geocoding Tutorials 

     GIS Tutorial Workbook Errata   

    Crimestat Software Webpage

READINGS:

  1.       Geographic Information Systems
  2.      Harries, Keith (1999) Mapping Crime: Principles and Practices, NIJ
  3.      Valesco, Mary and Rachel Boba  (1999) Manual of Crime Analysis Map Production, COPS
  4.      Eck, John, Spencer Cainey, James Camerson, Michael Leitner, and Ronald Wilson (2005) Mapping Crime: Hotspot Analysis,NIJ.
  5.      Geocoding with Arcgis
  6.      Weisburd, David and Tom McEwen (1998) "Introduction: Crime Mapping and Crime Prevention" Crime Prevention Studies: Criminal Justice Press,
  7.      Anselin, Luc , Jacqueline Cohen, David Cook, Wilpen Gorr, and George Tita (2000) "Spatial Analysis of Crime" Criminal Justices 2000.
  8.      Eck, John and David Weisburd (1995) "Crime Places and Crime Theory" Criminal Justice Press

  9.      Boba, Rachel (2001) Introductory Guide to Crime Analysis and Mapping Department Justice: Community Based Policing Program

  10.      National Incident-Based  Reporting System Volume 1:Data Collection Guidelines

  11.      Block, Carolyn and Lynn Green (1994) The Geoarchive Handbook: Dept. of Justice

  12.     Taming Tiger Data

  13.      MAF/TIGER Accuracy Improvement Project --An Update

  14.      Elements of Cartographic Style

  15.       Mapping With Quantitative Data

  16.      Census Data and Mapping

  17.       Groff, Elizabeth and Nancy LaVigne (???) Forecasting the Future of Predictive Crime Mapping.  Crime Prevention Studies, volume 13, pp.29-57

  18.      Bruce, Christopher (2001) " A Thousand Words for a Picture" Crime Analysts Roundtable

     ADDITIONAL READINGS WILL BE ADDED WHERE NECESSARY