CrimeMapTutorial Workbooks and Sample Data for ArcView and MapInfo, 2000 (ICPSR 3143)

Version Date: Apr 12, 2001

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Principal Investigator(s):
Wilpen L. Gorr, Carnegie Mellon University

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03143.v1

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Summary

CrimeMapTutorial is a step-by-step tutorial for learning crime mapping using ArcView GIS or MapInfo Professional GIS. It was designed to give users a thorough introduction to most of the knowledge and skills needed to produce daily maps and spatial data queries that uniformed officers and detectives find valuable for crime prevention and enforcement. The tutorials can be used either for self-learning or in a laboratory setting. The geographic information system (GIS) and police data were supplied by the Rochester, New York, Police Department. For each mapping software package, there are three PDF tutorial workbooks and one WinZip archive containing sample data and maps. Workbook 1 was designed for GIS users who want to learn how to use a crime-mapping GIS and how to generate maps and data queries. Workbook 2 was created to assist data preparers in processing police data for use in a GIS. This includes address-matching of police incidents to place them on pin maps and aggregating crime counts by areas (like car beats) to produce area or choropleth maps. Workbook 3 was designed for map makers who want to learn how to construct useful crime maps, given police data that have already been address-matched and preprocessed by data preparers. It is estimated that the three tutorials take approximately six hours to complete in total, including exercises.

Citation

Gorr, Wilpen L. CrimeMapTutorial Workbooks and Sample Data for ArcView and MapInfo, 2000  . [distributor], 2001-04-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03143.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (OJP-99-329-M)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

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Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) Users will need to purchase and install ArcView GIS Version 3.x or MapInfo Professional 5.5 or higher in order to use these tutorials. The PC version of ArcView 3.x requires Microsoft Windows 95 or 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 as the operating system, at least 16 MB of RAM, and 57 MB of disk space for full installation, or 24 MB for compact installation. More information about obtaining and installing the software can be found at the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Web site at http://www.esri.com/. The PC version of MapInfo 5.5 requires Microsoft Windows 95 or 98, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000 as the operating system, at least 32 MB of RAM, and 58 MB of disk space for software installation. More information about obtaining and installing this software can be found at the MapInfo Web site at http://www.MapInfo.com/. (2) CrimeMapTutorial is copyrighted by and is the property of Wilpen L. Gorr of Carnegie Mellon University. It is intended for use by law enforcement officers and staff and by educators. It can be distributed freely for use in law enforcement or related agencies or for educational purposes, but cannot be re-sold. Ed Wells, of GeoStrategic Solutions, is coauthor of the MapInfo version of CrimeMapTutorial.
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Data Source

Rochester, New York, Police Department

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Original Release Date

2001-04-12

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Gorr, Wilpen L. CRIMEMAPTUTORIAL WORKBOOKS AND SAMPLE DATA FOR ARCVIEW AND MAPINFO, 2000. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University/Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice [producers], 2001. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03143.v1
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Notes

  • This study is intended for instructional use, and may be subsets of the original data. Variables and/or cases may have been removed to facilitate classroom use.

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.