Crime mapping

The term crime mapping (English crime mapping ) refers to criminology, the compilation, presentation and analysis of crime patterns. The product of crime mapping is the crime map. The decisive factor here is the interaction of experts and systems of criminology and information technology.

Technology

For the creation of Crime cards geographic information systems are used. It should be noted that geographic information systems do not carry out the crime mapping, but in crime mapping only are an important tool.

Application Examples

Thus it is possible to link crime scenes and perpetrators together on a street map or a map using geographic information and spatial- temporal coordinates. Also can be displayed completely when and where was the phone and whether a specific cell phone has been activated in time and space.