Abstract

Understanding Heroin Overdose Locations in Worcester, Massachusetts
Track: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Authors: Nikki Clemente

Heroin overdose data, gang incident data, general crime data, and census data for the City of Worcester, MA will be geocoded to determine whether significant spatial relationships can be identified to provide more effective targeting capabilities for state, local, and federal law enforcement. Spatial statistic tools, specifically Exploratory Regression analysis and Ordinary Least Squares analysis, will be used to model spatial relationships.