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Hot Spot Policing Can Reduce Crime

Understanding Hot Spots

Learn about hot spots in the NIJ Report Crime Mapping: Understanding Hot Spots (pdf, 79 pages).

Mapping & Analysis for Public Safety

NIJ's Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety (MAPS) program supports research that helps agencies use GIS to enhance public safety. The program examines:

How to use maps to analyze crime.
How to analyze spatial data.
How maps can help researchers evaluate programs and policies.
How to develop mapping, data sharing and spatial analysis tools.

Learn all about MAPS.

Resources for Maps

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Many law enforcement agencies, local governments and independent organizations provide free crime maps of metropolitan areas:

General

City-Based

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Date Entered: October 14, 2009