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Forensic GIS

The Role of Geospatial Technologies for Investigating Crime and Providing Evidence

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Editors:
  1. Gregory A. Elmes

    1. Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

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  2. George Roedl

    1. Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

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  3. Jamison Conley

    1. Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

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  • Written for researchers, practitioners and students
  • Includes real case studies
  • First and only book discussing the use of geospatial technologies in crime investigation and litigation
  • Discusses a wide range of technologies and applications
  • Provides current information on legal considerations for geospatial technologies in investigation and litigation
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Geotechnologies and the Environment (GEOTECH, volume 11)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Fundamentals: Definitions, Concepts, Theories, and Principles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Concepts, Principles, and Definitions

      • Gregory A. Elmes, George Roedl, Jamison Conley
      Pages 3-17

    3. Geospatial Technologies in the Courtroom

      • George Roedl, Gregory A. Elmes, Jamison Conley
      Pages 19-38

    4. Spatial Tracking Applications

      • George Roedl, Gregory A. Elmes, Jamison Conley
      Pages 39-51

    5. Spatial Technology Applications

      • George Roedl, Gregory A. Elmes, Jamison Conley
      Pages 53-70

  3. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Using Near Repeat Analysis for Investigating Mortgage Fraud and Predatory Lending

      • Ronald E. Wilson, Ann D. Fulmer
      Pages 73-103

    3. State Registration of Sex Offenders: Public Notification, Web Mapping, and Spatial Issues

      • Mark R. Leipnik, Xinyue Ye
      Pages 105-134

    4. The SDIK Police Model: How to Make the Invisible Visible

      • Manuel Rodríguez Herrera, Daniel Salafranca Barreda
      Pages 135-154

    5. Spatial Analysis of Fear of Crime and Police Calls for Service: An Example and Implications for Community Policing

      • Jamison Conley, Rachel Stein
      Pages 155-172

    6. Using GIS to Monitor and Investigate Police Use of Force: The Spatial Distribution of Force Factors

      • Matthew J. Hickman, Loren T. Atherley, Geoffrey P. Alpert
      Pages 173-199

    7. Mapping Spatiotemporal Patterns of Liquor Law Violation Citations During Oktoberfest in College Town of La Crosse, Wisconsin

      • Gargi Chaudhuri, Steven Oxley, Scott Wenzlaff
      Pages 201-220

    8. A Web-Based GIS for Crime Mapping and Decision Support

      • Guiyun Zhou, Jiayuan Lin, Xiujun Ma
      Pages 221-243

    9. Use of Geographically Weighted Regression on Ecology of Crime, Response to Hurricane in Miami, Florida

      • William C. Walker, Sunhui Sim, Lisa Keys-Mathews
      Pages 245-262

    10. Delineating Legal Forest Boundaries to Combat Illegal Forest Encroachments: A Case Study in Murree Forest Division, Pakistan

      • Irfan Ashraf, Urooj Saeed, Naeem Shahzad, Javed Gill, Shahid Parvez, Akram Raja
      Pages 263-286

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 287-310
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About this book

A variety of disciplines and professions have embraced geospatial technologies for collecting, storing, manipulating, analyzing and displaying spatial data to investigate crime, prosecute and convict offenders, exonerate suspects and submit evidence in civil lawsuits. The applications, acceptability and relevance and procedural legality of each geospatial technologies vary. The purpose of this book is to explain the nature of geospatial technologies, demonstrate a variety of geospatial applications used to investigate and litigate civil and criminal activities and to provide a reference of current acceptability of geospatial technology in the production of evidence. This book is an introductory overview designed to appeal to researchers and practitioners across disciplinary boundaries. The authors of this book are researchers and practitioners across disciplines and professions, experts in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

    Gregory A. Elmes, George Roedl, Jamison Conley

About the editors

Prof. Gregory A. Elmes is professor of Geography at the West Virginia University since 1994 and co-director of the West Virginia State GIS Technical Center since 1995. He has more than 30 years of experience in Geographical Information Systems and how to apply GIS techniques to societal issues (public health, industries, archeology, public safety, forensic…). He supervised many master and PhD students and is a very active scientist in the field.

George W. Roedl is PhD candidate at the West Virginia University and is specialized in Geographic Information Systems/Science, remote sensing, computer cartography. He has additional expertise in the role and application of geospatial technologies to disaster management and forensic analysis/investigation, including the legal aspects of geospatial technologies within the modern courtroom. He won more than 10 awards for his various researches and papers and is very active in the field (teaching, committees, publications).

Prof. Jamison F. Conley is assistant Professor of Geography at the West Virginia University. He is an international expert on statistics, algorithms and techniques for the analysis of spatial data. One of his interesting projects is spatial analysis of crime events, community surveys and physical neighborhood disorder to help understanding the dynamics of spatial patterns of crime. He also works on the interaction between toxic pollutant and public health and also on spatial patterns related to coffee fair trade. He has won many awards for his research and is actively involved in teaching and scientific committees.

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