Identification, Development and Implementation of Innovative Crime Mapping Techniques and Spatial Analysis.

摘要

The objectives were to explore, analyze and develop innovative tools for crime mapping and analysis, and to incorporate selected tools in a Crime Mapping and Analysis Application (CMAA) that can be used by the New York City Police Department at both the COMPSTAT and precinct levels. The grant was a collaborative effort involving participation and interaction between NYPD's Office of Management, Analysis and Planning (OMAP) and researchers at the City University of New York. Throughout the project we emphasized the importance of creating an application that is understandable for nonspecialists, easy-to-use and fits in NYPD's existing crime mapping and analysis efforts. The CMAA is finished and is currently being tested and refined at the NYPD with the assistance of members of the CUNY team. We view the CMAA as a work in progress that will be enhanced and updated as it is used at NYPD. The NYPD is currently negotiating with GIS vendors to develop an enhanced crime mapping system, and we expect that this new system will incorporate several of the tools that were developed in our CMAA. Thus, in the long run, we anticipate that the CMAA will evolve into a system that is fully integrated with a commercial GIS and that is an essential component of NYPD's GIS/mapping efforts.