NCJ Number
17196
Date Published
1974
Length
96 pages
Annotation
CRIME AND AUTO ACCIDENT DATA FROM YORK COUNTY (PA) WERE PLOTTED WITH SYNAGRAPHIC COMPUTER MAPPING TECHNIQUES IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE COMPLETE AND TIMELY DATA FOR THE EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF THE POLICE PATROL FORCE.
Abstract
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF 'SYMAPS' ARE PRESENTED: CONFORMANT, PROXIMAL, SPOT, AND CONTOUR. A PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE REVIEWER THOUGHT THAT THIS APPROACH WOULD BE HELPFUL TO POLICE PLANNERS.