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02822aam a2200349 4500 001 1275322ADE9711E0B41BA6BC6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110914010140 008 2004 e eng 020 $a 9781594579806 020 $a 1594579806 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a International Association of Crime Analysts. 245 1 $a Exploring Crime Analysis : $b Readings on Essential Skills. 260 $a Overland Park, KS : $b International Association of Crime Analysts, $c 2004. 300 $a 414 500 $a 11. Temporal Analysis 12. Demographic Analysis 13. Descriptive and Multivariate Statistics 14. Inferential Statistics 15. Crime Mapping 16. Effective Crime Analysis Writing 17. Crime Analysis Publications 18. Spreadsheets 19. Analytical Thinking 20. Working the Web: Using the Internet and Intranet Technology 520 8 $a After one hundred years of professional policing, and more than forty year since "crime analysis" was first found in print, crime analysis is still a struggling profession - struggling to find its way into a majority of agencies, struggling to be considered a core rather than peripheral function, struggling to find legitimacy even with in police departments ostensibly dedicated to community policing, and struggling to find a niche beyond basic tactical analysis. Crime fighting is a complex endeavor. GIven all the emerging technologies that can be employed to the task-such as computers, night goggles, DNA analysis, and geographic information systems, to mention only a few-you would think that our arrest rates would be better, our inner cities safer, and our cars and electronic gadgets more secure. Even though crime rates have decreased in the most recent decade and we have incarcerated a record number of offenders in our prisons and jails-two million and counting-we continue to conduct police work in the vast majority of cities and towns across the globe in remarkably the same way we did at the beginning of the twentieth century. This book represents the beginning of a formulation of the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to get the job done. 650 0 $a Fundamentals of Crime Analysis. 650 4 $a Understanding the Criminal Justice System. 650 4 $a Understanding Criminal Behavior. 650 4 $a Practical Literature: What to Read and How to Read It. 650 4 $a Foundations of Critical Thinking. 650 4 $a Applied Research in Crime Analysis and Problem Solving. 650 4 $a Data Integrity. 650 4 $a Qualitative Analysis. 650 4 $a Effective Presentations. 650 4 $a Interpreting Crime Data and Statistics. 856 4 $u http://www.iaca.net 941 $a 1 952 $l V3AX572 $d 20111101012445.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1275322ADE9711E0B41BA6BC6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search