Crime Mapping: Benefits and Challenges

Crime mapping can be used to analyze and predict the most likely locations where future crimes will occur so that law enforcement can allocate resources and prevention activities accordingly.

The information provided by crime mapping also can be used to identify and apprehend likely suspects based on geographic crime data. While there are many crime prevention and law enforcement advantages to using crime mapping, there also have been challenges. Law enforcement agencies must evaluate the benefits and the challenges to using this technology and determine whether or not to utilize crime mapping.

For this assignment, consider how law enforcement may utilize data from crime mapping to prevent and/or address crime. Then think about the challenges and benefits of crime mapping and how it might promote social change.
The Assignment (2-3 pages)

Explain at least three ways in which law enforcement may utilize data from crime mapping to prevent and/or address crime.

Explain any challenges related to the use of this data to prevent or address crime.

Explain how crime mapping as a technological solution might benefit society