TUE/THU 9:55-11:45am (LEO130)
Virtual office hours:
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Lersch & Hart (2015). Space, Time, and Crime, 4rd Edition
Gorr & Kurland (2018). GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, 2nd Edition
Course Overview
This seminar introduces students to the spatial patterns of crime and their relationship to other features of the urban environment. It examines the classic studies of the Chicago School and the theories of urban crime developed there. Current studies applying and extending these theories will be reviewed. Finally, the seminar will review the use of GIS to document urban crime patterns. Participants will have an opportunity to run GIS software and conduct basic GIS analyses of urban data. Data and examples will be drawn from the Los Angeles metropolitan area whenever possible.
LECTURE SLIDES (& STUDY GUIDES):
Class Lectures Slides
Exam 1 Study Guide
OTHER COURSE RESOURCES:
Download GIST Crime Dataset
Secured By Design Worksheet (Group)
FINAL PROJECT DOCUMENTS:
Final Project GIS Demo (This demo gets you started with the data and map creation for the final project)
LA Census Data (see Chapter 6 for examples)
LA County Demographic Data (for making Choropleth maps, see Chapter 4 for examples)