Table of Contents
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EPIGRAPH
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Statistics for Security Management
Users of Crime Analysis
Purpose of Crime Analysis
Return on Investment
The Predictability of Crime
W, W, W, W, and H
Definition of Crime Analysis
CHAPTER 2: CRIME AND PLACE
Units of Analysis
Country
State
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
City/County
Police Beat/District
Census Tract
Crime Statistical Reporting Area
Hot Spots
Area
Place
CHAPTER 3: DATA SOURCES
Utility, Availability, and Credibility
Security Incident Reports
Law Enforcement Data Sources
Calls for Service
Offense / Incident Data
Offense / Incident Reports
Uniform Crime Report (UCR)
Law Enforcement Data Limitations
Other Data Sources
Arrest Data
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
Demographic Data
CHAPTER 4: METHODOLOGY
Process
Crime Typologies
Victim-Offender Relationships
Violence Escalation
Crime Rates
Temporal Analysis
Spatial Analysis
Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Other Crime Phenomena
CHAPTER 5: ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN CRIME ANALYSIS
Crime Thresholds
Forecasting
Modus Operandi Analysis
Crime Harm Index
CHAPTER 6: CRIME PREVENTION THEORIES
Environmental Criminology/Crime Science
Crime Triangle
Problem Analysis Triangle (or new Crime Triangle)
Handlers
Guardians
Place Managers
Opportunity Structure and Signatures
Opportunity Theories
Routine Activity Theory
Rational Choice Theory
Crime Pattern Theory
Broken Windows Theory
CHAPTER 7: Evidence-Based Research
Scientific Methods
Scientific Knowledge is Cumulative
Logic Models
CHAPTER 8: CRIME PREVENTION PRACTICES
Crime Prevention: A Process
SARA
Situational Crime Prevention
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Problem-Oriented Policing
Displacement and Diffusion of Benefits
Decay and Residual Deterrence
Deterrence
Focused Deterrence
What Works, What Doesn't, and What's Promising
Instrumental vs. Expressive Violence
Targeted Violent Crimes
Dispute-Related Violent Crimes
Predatory Violence
Limitations Of Violent Crime Prevention Research
Security is Situational
APPENDIX A: UCR SRS
APPENDIX B: UCR NIBRS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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