Describe how GIS and crime mapping techniques are used in contemporary criminal justice research in both the academic and nonacademic settings.
Assess examples of the different types of crime analysis conducted in law enforcement agencies and the specific problems and methods commonly used with each approach.
Explain the role of GIS and crime mapping techniques in academic research, including how crime analysis is used to forecast crime and victimization risk and to identify temporal patterns in crime data.
Compare the three most common metrics for assessment of the predictive accuracy of prospective crime hot spot maps.
Identify the five required elements that must be included on a map when crime analysis information is presented cartographically.
Evaluate some of the ethical challenges researchers face when conducting research using GIS or crime mapping, as well as the common pitfalls that must be avoided when conducting crime analysis.
