Crime Analysis and the Profession

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). Although definitions of Crime Analysis differ in specifics, they share several common components: All agree that Crime Analysis supports the mission of the police agency, utilizes systematic methods and information, and provides information to a range of audiences.

crime analysis will be used for the purpose of this book: Crime analysis is the systematic study of crime and disorder problems as well as other police-related issues—including sociodemographic, spatial, and temporal factors—to assist the police in criminal apprehension, crime and disorder reduction, crime prevention, and evaluation.

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