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- Title
ANALYSIS OF DISTRIBUTION PATTERN AND PROPERTIES OF PUBLIC SECURITY CRIMES IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT: CASE OF İZMİT CITY.
- Authors
GERÇEK, Deniz; GÜVEN, İsmail Talih
- Abstract
Conventional demonstrations for crime mapping with pin maps evolved into computer-based representations with the advent of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS permits information layering to produce detailed descriptions of conditions and analyses relationships among variables. GIS and crime mapping can be utilized as devices to represent conditions of the space, model the distribution of crime across the space and relate these two to discover reasons contributing to crime. Crime as a measure of security in urban space is closely related with Urban Quality of Life. In this study, security crime rates at district basis is explored in İzmit city which has been subject to excess urbanization and industrialization during the past decades. Locations where crimes took place and the related attributes were stored in a database within a GIS. Crime data obtained at administrative district level for the city center and surrounding dense urban areas were analysed. Number of crime and type of crime were then evaluated for their relation with districts characteristics and basic offender characteristics to understand pattern of crime in the city and major properties of criminals such as age, education level and gender. Outcomes are plotted as graphics and mapped to convey the patterns and properties associated with public security crimes. Outcomes that portray spatial pattern of crime vs socioeconomic status and specific profiles of the offenders at district basis may help law enforcement agencies and local administratives to ease local weaknesses specific to districts and take measures to reduce rate of crime.
- Publication
SDU Journal of Engineering Sciences & Design / Mühendislik Bilimleri ve Tasarım Dergisi, 2018, Vol 6, Issue 2, p265
- ISSN
1308-6693
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21923/jesd.362269