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Track: Emergency Management and Public Safety
Y. Hong Chou
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
Telephone: 909-787-5513
Fax: 909-787-4324
E-mail: HONG@UCRAC1.UCR.EDU
Design of ArcView Interface for Crime Analysis
Defining Issue: The current manual operations of crime analysis can be carried out much more efficiently using the state-of-the-art GIS technology. GIS Solution: ArcView Version 3.0 provides an effective analytical tool for law enforcement agencies to conduct spatial analysis of crime data. A user-friendly interface designed specifically for identification of spatial patterns in the distribution of crime incidents and suspects provides police officers and crime specialists with useful information for strategic planning and development of prevention measures. Methodology: A system of ArcView applications is developed both for common operations dealing with crime data and for spatial analyses of crime distributions. Operational procedures are organized into six interrelated modules: crime report, crime analysis, suspect report, suspect analysis, gang report, and gang analysis. Each report module provides a detailed entry form with data fields integrated with the crime database. Functions of report modules
include generation of pin maps, hard-copy printouts, and posters. Analysis modules provide automated procedures for a variety of spatial analyses. All the modules are integrated to allow for cross-referencing between different sets of crime-related data. Software: Analytical and operational procedures were based on Avenue programs. The main user interface was developed using Delphi. Street data were processed from TIGER 95.
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