CrimeMapTutorial is a step-by-step tutorial for learning

crime mapping using ArcView GIS or MapInfo Professional GIS. It was

designed to give users a thorough introduction to most of the

knowledge and skills needed to produce daily maps and spatial data

queries that uniformed officers and detectives find valuable for crime

prevention and enforcement. The tutorials can be used either for

self-learning or in a laboratory setting. The geographic information

system (GIS) and police data were supplied by the Rochester, New York,

Police Department. For each mapping software package, there are three

PDF tutorial workbooks and one WinZip archive containing sample data

and maps. Workbook 1 was designed for GIS users who want to learn how

to use a crime-mapping GIS and how to generate maps and data queries.

Workbook 2 was created to assist data preparers in processing police

data for use in a GIS. This includes address-matching of police

incidents to place them on pin maps and aggregating crime counts by

areas (like car beats) to produce area or choropleth maps. Workbook 3

was designed for map makers who want to learn how to construct useful

crime maps, given police data that have already been address-matched

and preprocessed by data preparers. It is estimated that the three

tutorials take approximately six hours to complete in total, including

exercises.