The Use of Geospatial Information Technology to Advance Safer College Campuses and Communities

摘要

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.