Abstract
 Youth Crime, Restorative Justice, and GIS-Lee County, Florida Track: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Author(s): Richard Faris, John Bizelli The Lee County Department of Human Services (DHS) is using GIS to analyze underlying geographic relationships of youth crime to monitor recidivism and to design more effective youth crime prevention programs. DHS is a leader in restorative justice programs that restore victims as well as perpetrators by using community-based accountability boards. DHS is going beyond recording and mapping crime by Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) category and incident location. DHS GIS projects display the socioeconomic settings and patterns of activity of the offenders themselves. This local focus is a natural complement to national efforts such as the "maps" Web site and juvenile justice programs of the Department of Justice. The success of DHS community-based youth programs depends on cooperation of many organizations including 11 separate law enforcement agencies. Department GIS Map Projects of Offender Demographics and Youth Crime Patterns and Recidivism are unique and valued tools supporting multiagency collaboration. Richard Faris Bd. of County Commissioners, Lee County,Florida Human Services 2440 Thompson St. Fort Myers , FL 33901 US Phone: (239) 533-7930 Fax: (239) 533-7960 E-mail: farisrl@leegov.com John Bizelli Bd. of County Commissioners, Lee County, FL Department of Human Services 2440 Thompson St Fort Myers , FL 33901 US Phone: (239) 533-7930 Fax: (239) 533-7960 E-mail: jbizzelli@leegov. |
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