UNIVERSITY OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND POLICE STUDIES

UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC STUDIES

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Course:

GIS and Crime Mapping

Course Code: 1.31

ECTS: 7

Course Status:

Compulsory

Number of Effective Classes (Per Week): 2 + 3

Theoretical Education:

Practical Training:

Special Forms of Training:

2

3

-

Prerequisite/s: None

Educational Objective: Providing insights into the basic features, current trends and benefits of using geographic information system (GIS); Recognizing similarities and differences in the architecture of these systems in comparison to the classical information systems; understand reasons for geospatial analysis of crime and mapping its spatial distribution; to understand benefits of web GIS over standard GIS application.

Projected Outcome: Students will be able to recognize basic problems, possible solutions and directions of research in the field of GIS, to use algorithms, spatial information models, databases and corresponding index structures, to recognize the need for the existence of a spatial data infrastructure, to perform basic spatial queries and analyzes, and produce crime maps crimes.

Subject Contents

Theoretical education: Introduction, concepts and architecture of GIS; Data in GIS (raster, vector and alphanumeric); Collecting data and data sources in GIS; Creating and processing data in GIS; Database modeling in GIS (conceptual, logical and physical model); Data representation and data analysis in GIS; GIS standards; Mobile GIS, Web GIS and "Cloud GIS"; National Geospatial Data Infrastructure; Concept, origin and development of crime mapping in the function of analytical support to the policing; Crime mapping on the tactical level of police organization; Crime mapping and in problem-oriented policing; Crime mapping and resource allocation; Crime aps and privacy protection; Misusing crime maps.

Practical training: Presentation of ArcGIS functionalities that are beneficial for policing; Modeling GIS data: raster, vector and alpha numeric formats; Index structures for GIS and examples of implementation; Implementation of the interface and visualization of data for GIS in the form of crime maps; Implementation of services and Web clients for GIS.

Teaching Methods: lecture, modified lecture, presentation, practical demonstration.

Assessment (Maximum Number of Points: 100)

Pre-Exam Obligations

No. of Points

Final Examination

No. of Points

Active participation in classes

10

Oral examination

50

Practical training

25

 

 

Research paper/study

15

 

 

Textbook/s

1. Filipović, Ivan M.; Milojković, B., Osnovi kartografije sa topografijom, Prirodno-matematički Fakultet, Niš, 2010

2. Cornelius, H. S.; Carver, S., An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems, Longman Higher Education Division, 3rd ed., 2006

3. Ђурђевић, З., Коларевић, Д., Ивановић, З., Милојковић, Б., Криминалистичко профилисање, Криминалистичко - полицијска академија, 2012

4. Јовановић, В., Ђурђев, B., Srdić, Z., Stankov, U., Geografski informacioni sistemi, Univerzitet Singidunum; Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, NoviSad, 2012

5. P. A. Longley, M. F., Goodchild, D. J. Maguire, and D. W. Rhind, Geographical Information Systems: Principles, Techniques, Management and Applications, Willey, 2005