GIS and Crime Prevention
Crimes are human phenomena and, consequently, their distribution across the landscape is not geographically random. For the occurrence of a crime, offenders and their goals, with victims and / or property, must exist for a period of time in the same location.
A number of influential factors in the "where" and "when" people choose to break the law, ranging from the distribution of potential targets, geographical convenience to perceived by criminals. Therefore, an understanding of "where" and "when" the offenses occur can significantly improve the performance of efforts to prevent crime.
maps analysts provide geographic representations of these relationships, allowing the mapping of crime to help the various internal security forces to protect, more expeditious and effective citizens in their respective areas of responsibility.
combined with geographic information databases for the criminal acts for making various spatial analysis and create maps of crime, serve and guide in the proposition of solutions.
use maps, which allow people to visualize geographic aspects and phenomena of crime is not just limited to the security forces and members of the Court, but extends to government agencies, directly and indirectly involved with public safety, the press and the general public.
systems interaction, exchange of opinions and knowledge of best practices are harnessed together to ensure the achievement of the objectives sought in the fight against crime.
Intensity Map Delinquent - Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area
.: What is a hot spot? |
is a geographic area that has a level of crime or disorder higher than average. It is a concentration of abuses against the citizens or their property.
Hot spots are clusters and clusters of crime
may exist at different scales
Typically, a hot spot is a localized area containing a large portion of the total volume of criminal incidents throughout the region. There are variations in the use of the term "Hot Zone" as that its meaning varies with the different scales at which one can describe the phenomena of crime.
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Obviously, the concentration of crime can not be geographical. The criminal events may be directed to certain items or certain types of people. But these kinds of concentrations can also be geographical patterns thus its space exploration is needed to understand properly.
Intensity Map Delinquent
.: For the GIS using the Internal Security Forces? |
In Argentina, the use and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has grown rapidly as well accepted by both the Nation and by the Provinces to record various types of maps in the various fields of criminal activities in their various kinds.
The addition of geographic data on computer processes, to:
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.: GIS in Crime Prevention |
The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) allow staff of the Internal Security Forces and Justice effectively to plan emergency responses, identifying priorities in mitigation measures, analysis of past events and predicting future events. The GIS can also be used to obtain critical information while managers are moving towards the location of a particular incident, assisting in tactical planning and response.
Although the organisms that make up the security forces collect a good deal of information, only a very small part can be absorbed from spreadsheets and database files. The GIS provides the means to deliver visual and spatial information permitiendo a las Fuerzas de Seguridad la integración de los datos para una mejor toma de decisiones.
El GIS es el paso siguiente en la evolución de la tecnología de la información. Es una herramienta de información y análisis que es clave para manejar todo tipo de datos, tanto geográficos como de otra índole. Los GIS están siendo utilizados a diario por las fuerzas de seguridad de numerosos países para la planificación y el análisis de sus operaciones diarias.
Fuente: http://www.aeroterra.com