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Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies

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In this collaboration between university researchers and practitioners from two adjacent law enforcement jurisdictions, crime incidents are examined for spatio-temporal trends stretching across jurisdictional borders. The goal of the partnership is to increase the safety of students both on and off campus by identifying crime clusters which enables proactive policing efforts specifically targeted to high crime areas. The applied research confirms spatial and temporal crime clusters across a shared boundary. The implications for this partnership suggest that researchers and multiple law enforcement jurisdictions can work together to identify and solve community problems. In this chapter, background information is presented on research-practitioner partnerships, campus crime, student victimization and the Clery Act, and the goals and objectives of the collaboration. After presenting three analyses on data gathered over the first year, policing and research implications are discussed.

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Acknowledgement

This project was supported by Award No. 2009-IJ-CX-0205 awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice.

The authors wish to acknowledge the contributions of Chief Bob Roberts and Kate VanSant of WVU PD and Chiefs Phillip Scott and Ed Preston, and Jamie Michael of Morgantown PD. Furthermore, we would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and recommendations; however, opinions, omissions and errors remain firmly the fault of the authors.

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Elmes, G., Roedl, G. (2013). The Use of Geospatial Information Technology to Advance Safer College Campuses and Communities. In: Leitner, M. (eds) Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies. Geotechnologies and the Environment, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4997-9_17

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