Risk-Based Policing: Evidence-Based Crime Prevention with Big Data and Spatial Analytics

Risk—based policing is a research advancement that improves public safety, and its applications prevent crime specifically by managing crime risks. In Risk—Based Policing, the authors analyze case studies from a variety of city agencies including Atlantic City, New Jersey; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Glendale, Arizona; Kansas City, Missouri; Newark, New Jersey; and others. They demonstrate how focusing police resources on risky places and basing police work on smart uses of data can address...