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Social Work and Technology: Using Geographic Information Systems to Leverage Community Development Responses to Hate Crimes
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In this article, the authors highlight technology use in community development showing how social workers, police, and neighborhood residents promote safer neighborhoods using geographic informatio-fication (GIN).Abstract:
This study highlights technology use in community development showing how social workers, police, and neighborhood residents promote safer neighborhoods. The approach used was geographic informatio...read more
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Police resource distribution in China: spatial decision making based on PGIS-MCDA method
TL;DR: In this paper , an integrated method combining Policing Geographic Information System (PGIS) and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is used to solve the crime of burglary.
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On plantations, prisons, and a black sense of place
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Participatory GIS : a people's GIS?
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Crime Mapping: Spatial and Temporal Challenges
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