CrimeStat III for Crime Analysts
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CrimeStat III is a Windows-based spatial statistics software package used for analyzing crime data from law enforcement and criminal justice agencies. The software can be used with a geographic information system (GIS) to support and enhance law enforcement's tactical and strategic analysis efforts.
Participants will learn to:
- Prepare data for CrimeStat III
- Produce results
- Import data into ArcGIS 9.3
- Import data into CrimeStat III
- Create basic descriptive statistics using spatial distribution
- Measure clustering using distance analysis
- Perform several hotspot techniques, using both single and dual kernel density interpolation
Course Prerequisites
Interested participants must be intermediate-level users of ArcGIS 9.3 and with a minimum of two years experience analyzing crime patterns, series and problems in municipal or county police agencies.
Dates and Locations for Upcoming Sessions
June 8 – 10, 2009
Note: This session is full.
NLECTC – Rocky Mountain Center in Denver, Colo.
Instructor: Christopher Bruce
July 27 – 29, 2009
Note: This session is full.
San Diego Sheriff Computer Lab in San Diego, Calif.
Instructor: Christopher Bruce