[FYI] USA: Crime Mapping

[Horns@t-online.de (Axel H. Horns)]

http://www.npr.gov/library/papers/bkgrd/crimemap/content.html

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               PROVIDING 21ST CENTURY TOOLS
               FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES 


               Report of the Task Force on Crime
               Mapping and Data-Driven Management 

               U.S. Department of Justice
               National Partnership for Reinventing Government 

               July 12, 1999 


               TABLE OF CONTENTS 

               FOREWORD 

               I. INTRODUCTION 

                    CRIME MAPPING: THE POWER OF PLACE
                    DATA-DRIVEN MANAGEMENT: THE POWER OF
                    INFORMATION
                    THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP
                    VISION FOR 21ST CENTURY LAW ENFORCEMENT 

               II. SUPPORT COMMUNITY POLICING WITH 21ST CENTURY
               TOOLS

                    BACKGROUND
                    NEED FOR CHANGE
                    RECOMMENDATIONS
                       1.Make Crime Mapping Software Available to
                       Communities and
                         Law Enforcement Agencies 
                       2.Expand Training for Law Enforcement Officials
                       in Crime Mapping
                         and Data-Driven Management 
                       3.Spread Best Practices Through Peer-to-Peer
                       Networks 4.Increase Funding for Information
                       Technology to Support Law
                         Enforcement 
                       5.Help Communities Find Federal Resources 

               III. PROTECT AND SUPPORT COMMUNITIES WITH
               INTEGRATED INFORMATION

                    BACKGROUND 
                    NEED FOR CHANGE 
                    RECOMMENDATIONS 
                       6.Promote Investment in Basic Integrated
                       Spatial Information to
                         Protect Public Safety 
                       7.Support Medium-Sized and Small Communities
                       Through Regional
                         Approaches 
                       8.Protect the Privacy of Individuals 

               IV. STRENGTHEN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT'S CAPACITY
               TO USE DATA AND MAPPING IN MANAGEMENT AND
               OPERATIONS 

                    BACKGROUND 
                    NEED FOR CHANGE 
                    RECOMMENDATIONS 
                       9.Expand Federal Leadership in the Development
                       and Use of
                         Mapping and Data-Driven Management Tools 
                      10.Strengthen the Performance Measures Used by
                      Federal Law
                         Enforcement 
                      11.Expand the Training of Federal Law
                      Enforcement Officials to
                         Include Fundamentals of Crime Mapping and
                         Data-Driven Management 

               V. HIGHLIGHTS IN CRIME MAPPING AND DATA-DRIVEN
               MANAGEMENT 

                    BALTIMORE: COMMUNITY OUTREACH 
                    BOSTON: PARTNERSHIPS FOR SAFETY 
                    CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG: DATA INTEGRATION 
                    CHICAGO: NEW TOOLS FOR POLICE OFFICERS 
                    MINNESOTA: POLICE-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS 
                    NEW YORK: THE COMPSTAT CRIME CONTROL MODEL 
                    PITTSBURGH: MAPPING AND COMMUNITY POLICING 
                    REDLANDS: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO POLICING 
                    SAN DIEGO: NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEM-SOLVING 
                    TAMPA BAY-HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY: A PROBLEM FOCUS

               ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 


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