NCJ Number
193465
Editor(s)
Linda S. Turnbull,
Elaine Hallisey Hendrix,
Borden D. Dent
Date Published
2000
Length
288 pages
Annotation
The purpose of this "atlas" of crime is to analyze and present distributions of specific crime types rather than label any particular place with a negative image; although the volume is designed to focus on national distributions of crime, the intent is to give the reader creative ideas for approaching the study of crime through illustrations on various scales.
Abstract
The atlas contains eight chapters, each of which includes several essays by experts and scholars in a particular crime specialty. The first chapter on the geographic history of crime contains a brief history of crime mapping. The second chapter deals with crimes of personal violence (homicide, assault, rape, and robbery), while the third chapter addresses crimes against property (burglary, auto theft, environmental crime, and computer crime). Subsequent chapters focus on family violence (child abuse and elder abuse), organized crime (gangs, drug trafficking, and prostitution), serial murder, domestic terrorism, hate crimes, and school violence. Final chapters discuss mental mapping by criminals, cognitive maps and fear of crime, police officers killed in the line of duty, community policing, crime scene analysis, and the use of geographic information systems for crime analysis. References, tables, and figures