Atlas of Crime Mapping the Criminal Landscape

Subjects:

• Crime & Justice » International Crime
• History » Geography

Reviews:

• ...mapping is an excellent way of studying crime, making this study extremely beneficial for sociologists and criminologists. Highly recommended.
  —Library Journal
• ...a very useful addition to library collections, for information about spatial aspects of criminal activities, and to personal libraries for cartographers, to provide information on methods of depicting crime.
  —Cartographica Summer 2000
• Readers can recognize that maps can enrich their understanding of crime and its control on several different levels. The contributors to this volume have solid credentials and, altogther, Atlas of Crime provides its readers with some rich insights in the character and distribution of crime in the United States.
  —American Reference Books Annual
• This fascinating look at how law enforcement uses information to combat crime is actually intended for college and public libraries, but schools with special law or geography-related curricula will find it a useful addition to their collections.
  —The Book Report
• Attention, crime buffs! This reference work will show you where to go to find (or avoid) any type of criminal activity....I recommend that every criminal justice practitioner, urbanologist, and sociologist have this book.
  —Wisconsin Lawyer

Table of Contents:

• List of Figures and Tables
• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Cartography in the Atlas of Crime by Elaine Hallisey Hendrix
• Geographic History of Crime
• Brief History of Crime Mapping by Borden D. Dent
• Crimes of Personal Violence
• Homicide by Keith Harries
• Assault by Jose Javier Lopez
• Rape in the United States by Kathleen C. Basile
• Robbery by Doug Williamson
• Crimes Against Property
• Burglary by Susan M. Walcott
• Auto Theft and Detecting Chop Shop Locations by Nancy G. La Vigne, Jill Kathleen Fleury, and Joseph Szakas
• Environmental Crime by Nancy L. Winter and Ute J. Dymon
• Confronting Computer Crimes by John Jarvis and Gordon R. Wynn
• Family Violence
• Intimate Violence by Denise A. Donnelly
• The Spatial Dimensions of Child Abuse and Neglect by Linda S. Turnbull
• Elder Abuse by Denise A. Donnelly
• Animal Cruelty: A Spatial Investigation by Linda S. Turnbull
• Organized and Entrepreneurial Crimes
• Mapping the Set Space of Urban Street Gangs by George E. Tita
• The Spatial Dynamics of Drug Trafficking by Linda S. Turnbull
• Prostitution by Jacqueline Boles
• Modern Maritime Piracy by George J. Demko
• "Film at 11 Crimes"
• Serial Murder in the United States, 1860-1995 by Christopher G. Missen
• Domestic Terrorism by Damon D. Camp
• Hate Crimes by Damon D. Camp
• School Violence by Pamela Riley and Joanne McDaniel
• Mental Mapping
• Criminals' Mental Maps by David Canter and Samantha Hodge
• Cognitive Maps and the Fear of Crime by Patricia Gilmartin
• Maps in Detective Fiction by Leslie Edwards
• Criminal Justice
• A Spatial Analysis of American Police Killed in the Line of Duty by Robert J. Kaminski, Eric S. Jefferis, and Chanchalat Chanhatasilpa
• The Concept of Community Policing and a Case Study of Lima, Ohio by William V. Ackerman
• Crime Scene Sketch by W. Jerry Chisum
• Police Department Use of Geographic Information Systems for Crime Analysis by Elaine Hallisey Henrix
• Capital Punishment by Keith Harries
• Index