The following agenda outlines a workshop that took place in New York City at The Graduate Center of CUNY and NYPD Headquartes from February 28 to March 1, 1997. Funding was provided by the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. All participants were sent a CD-ROM containing data on seven major felonies in the Bronx as well as census tract data. Participants were encouraged to use GIS techniques and spatial statistics to analyze the data. The results were then presented and will be published.
Identification and Evaluation of Methods for Measuring
and Analyzing Crime Patterns and Trends with GIS
ORGANIZERS
John Mollenkopf, Director
Center For Urban Research, Graduate School and University Center
33 W. 42nd St., NY, NY 10036 (212)642-2365
Victor Goldsmith, Director
Center for Applied Studies of the Environment
City University of New York, 695 Park Ave., NY, NY 10021-5085, (212)772-5450/5046
Phil McGuire, Assistant Commissioner
Programs and Policies, Office of Management Analysis and Planning
1 Police Plaza, Room 1202, NY, NY 10038 (212)374-5076
AGENDA
February 28, 1997, Friday:
- 7:00 - 8:30 COMPSTAT meeting
- NYPD Headquarters, 1 Police Plaza
Workshop location: Graduate School, Room 202, 33 West 42nd St. (5th/6th Aves.)
Chair of morning events: John Mollenkopf
Chair of afternoon events: Victor Goldsmith
- 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome
- (President Horowitz, GSUC, Deputy Commissioner of Policy and Planning Michael J. Farrell, NYPD, Nancy La Vigne, NIJ)
- 9:15 -10:15 Session I:
- James LeBeau, "Crime and Time," Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
- 10:15 -10:30 Coffee Break
- 10:30-11:30 Session II:
- Lorraine Green-Mazerolle and James Le Beau, "Exploring Spatial Methodologies to Measure Crime Displacement and Diffusion: Findings from Oakland, Ca.," University of Cincinnati, coauthored by James LeBeau
- 11:30-12:30 Session III:
- Keith Harries "Filters, Fears, and Photos: Speculations and Explorations in the Geography of Crime," University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
- 1:30-2:30 Session IV:
- Andreas Olligschlaeger, "Chaos Theory, Artificial Neural Networks and GIS- Based Data: Chaotic Cellular Forecasting and Application to the Prediction of Drug related Call for Service Data," Carnegie Mellon University
- 2:30 - 3:30 Session V:
- Sanjoy Chakravorty and William V. Pelfrey, "Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis for Identifying Crime Patterns: Some Preliminary Findings from Principles and Tools Applied to NYPD Data," Temple University, Philadelphia
- 3:30 - 3:45 Coffee Break
- 3:45 - 4:45 Session VI:
- John Eck,"Mapping Hot Spots of Crime and Related Events,"University of Maryland at College Park, coauthored by Jeffrey Gersh and Charlene Taylor
- 4:45 - 5:00 Summary (Mollenkopf, Goldsmith and McGuire)
- 6:00-8pm Reception
- Explorers Club, 46 East 70th St. (Park/ Madison Ave.)
March 1, 1997, Saturday:
Press Room, NYPD Headquarters, 1 Police Plaza
Chair of the day's events: Assistant Commissioner Phil McGuire
- 9:00 -9:15 Opening remarks (NYPD)
- 9:15 -10:15 Session VII:
- Jeff Fagan and Garth Davies, "Crime in Public Housing: Two-Way Diffusion Effects in Surrounding Neighborhoods," Columbia University, co-authored by Garth Davies
- 10:15 -10:30 Coffee Break
- 10:30-11:30 Session VIII:
- Carolyn Block and Richard Block,"Risky Places in Chicago and the Bronx: Robbery in the Environs of Rapid Transit Stations," Loyola University
- 11:30-12:30 Session IX:
- Dennis Roncek, "Facilities and Crime with a Focus on Schools and Crime," University of Nebraska
- 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch - Crime Data Animation Demonstration
- 1:00 Douglas Williamson, Animations of NYPD Crime Data.
- 1:30-2:30 Session X:
- Bob Langworthy, "The Utility of Standard Deviational Ellipses for Project Evaluating," University of Cincinnati, Ohio
- 2:30 - 3:30 Session XI:
- Phil Canter,"Requirements for a Tactical Based Crime Analysis Geographic Information System," Baltimore County Police Department
- 3:30 - 3:45 Coffee Break
- 3:45- 5:30 Lessons Learned:
- Summary, Nancy G. La Vigne, National Institute of Justice
Additional Papers:
NYPD: "The Compstat Process"
Charles Swartz," The Spatial Analysis of Crime; A Review of the Literature," Center for Urban Studies.
Douglas Williamson and Victor Goldsmith," Evaluation of Software for Displaying and Analyzing Crime Patterns and Trends: Results from Six GIS and Spatial Statistical Software Analyses of Murder Data from the Bronx, New York," Center for Applied Studies of the Environment.
Additional Participants:
W. Ann Reynolds - Chancellor of CUNY
Francis Horowitz - President of the Graduate Center
David Caputo - President of Hunter College
Howard Safir - Commissioner of NYPD
Michael J. Farrell - Deputy Commissioner of Policy and Planning
Conference Organization
Alicia Fierer - Administrative Assistant
Additional Photographs