GST 201 – Spatial Analysis of Crime

This webpage from the GeoTech Center includes a syllabus, and a number of lectures and lab exercises from the Spatial Analysis of a Crime model course. The course "provides an analysis of different methods and techniques of representing spatial crime data through the use of various computer-based technologies." During the course, "students will examine crime at the national, state, and local level using geo-technology."

The 6-page syllabus includes a course description, student learning outcomes, a course outline, links to required texts and supplies, and more. Successful students will be able to:

• discuss critically key criminological theories tied to crime mapping;
• recognize and state essential cartographic concepts of the nature and function of maps;
• identify spatial data dealing with crime and its limitations;
• to interpret crime mapping principles as they relate to computer-graphic representation;
• to interpret basic crime mapping techniques (mean center, etc.); and
• to interpret advanced crime mapping techniques including hot spots, density mapping,
  etc.