Social Science Computer Review

Volume 25, No. 2

Summer, 2007

Symposium on Crime Mapping

Table of Contents

The Impact of Software on Crime Mapping: An Introduction to a Special Journal Issue of Social Science Computing Review on Crime Mapping / Ronald E. Wilson

Geographical Exclusion: Spatial Analysis for Evaluating the Implications of Meagan’s Law / Tony H. Grubesic, Alan T. Murray and Elizabeth Mack

Use of “Microecological Technique” to Study Crime Around Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Susan J. Boyd, Kevin M. Armstrong, Li Juan Fang, Deborah R. Medoff, Lisa B. Dixon and David A. Gorelick

Using Geographically Weighted Regression to Explore Local Crime Patterns / Meagan Cahill and Gordon Mulligan

Mapping Crime in Savannah: Social Disadvantage, Land Use, and Violent Crimes Reported to the Police / Daniel Lockwood.

Integrating Distance into Mobility Triangle Typologies / Elizabeth R. Groff and Thomas McEwen

Crime Travel Demand and Bank Robberies: Using CrimeStat III to Model Bank Robbery Trips / Ned Levine.

Software Reviews

Spatial Data Analysis of Crime: A Review of CrimeStat III / Cedrick Heraux.

Crime Analysis and Mapping with GeoDa / Michael Leitner.

Scanning for Clusters in Space and Time: A Tutorial Review of SaTScan / Dick Block.

Book Reviews

GIS and Crime Mapping, by Spencer Chainey and Jerry Ratcliffe / reviewed by John Markovic

Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis, by Fahui Wang, ed. / reviewed by Keith Harries