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Forensic GIS The Role of Geospatial Technologies for Investigating Crime and Providing Evidence
Title
Forensic GIS [electronic resource] : The Role of Geospatial Technologies for Investigating Crime and Providing Evidence / edited by Gregory A. Elmes, George Roedl, Jamison Conley.
ISBN
9789401787574
Publication
Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Physical Description
1 online resource (X, 310 p.) 91 illus., 67 illus. in color.
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Summary
A variety of disciplines and professions have embraced geospatial technologies for collecting, storing, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying spatial data to investigate crime, prosecute and convict offenders, exonerate suspects, and submit evidence in civil lawsuits. The applications, acceptability and relevance, and procedural legality of each geospatial technologies vary. The purpose of this book is to explain the nature of geospatial technologies, demonstrate a variety of geospatial applications used to investigate and litigate civil and criminal activities, and to provide a reference of current acceptability of geospatial technology in the production of evidence. This book is an introductory overview designed to appeal to researchers and practitioners across disciplinary boundaries. The authors of this book are researchers and practitioners across disciplines and professions, experts in the field.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 26, 2018
Series
Geotechnologies and the Environment, 11
Contents
Introduction: Concepts, Principles and Definitions
Geospatial Technologies in the Courtroom
Spatial Tracking Applications
Spatial Technology Applications
Using Near Repeat Analysis for Investigating Mortgage Fraud and Predatory Lending
State Registration of Sex Offenders: Public Notification, Web Mapping & Spatial Issues
The SDIK Police Model: How to Make the Invisible Visible
Spatial Analysis of Fear of Crime and Police Calls for Service: An Example and Implications for Community Policing
Police Use of Force: The Spatial Distribution of Force Factors
Mapping Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Liquor Law Violation Citations During Oktoberfest in the College Town of La Crosse, Wisconsin
A Web-based GIS for Crime Mapping and Decision Support
Use of Geographically Weighted Regression on Ecology of Crime, Response to Hurricane in Miami, Florida
Delineating Legal Forest Boundaries to Combat Illegal Forest Encroachments: A Case Study in Murree Forest Division, Pakistan
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