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2 CHAPTER 1 Crime Analysis and the ProfessionThis chapter serves as a foundation for the discipline of Crime Analysis by providing defini-tions of Crime Analysis and Crime mapping, along with an overview of the Crime Analysis Profession in the United States. The overview includes the Profession s history, its current status, descriptions of potential career paths for Crime analysts, and ways to develop and improve a Crime Analysis unit. This chapter also includes a brief discussion of international Crime Analysis practices and highlights how they have influenced Crime Analysis in the United of Crime AnalysisDuring the past 30 years, many scholars have developed definitions of Crime Analysis (Bruce, 2008a; Emig, Heck, & Kravitz, 1980; Gottlieb, Arenberg, & Singh, 1994; Vellani & Nahoun, 2001).
information. Crime analysis, then, is the focused and systematic examination of crime and disorder problems as well as other police-related issues. Crime analysis is not haphazard or anecdotal; rather, it is based in theory and involves the application of social science data collection procedures, ana-lytical methods, and statistical techniques.
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