MAWLANA BHASHANI

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

Department of Criminology and Police Science

Lab Report Sessional

Course Title: Crime Mapping Sessional

Course Code: CPS4110

Submitted to: Md. Bashir Uddin Khan

Associate Professor,
Dept. of Criminology and Police Science,
MBSTU.

Submitted by: Md. Mustafa Arif

Student ID: CP18020

Session : 2017-18
Year & Semester : 4th Year 1st Semester

Date of Performance : 18-06-2-22

Date of Submission : 20-06-2022
Introduction
Crime mapping is a critical tool for managing and reducing crime in a given area.
Investigators can analyze crime patterns and trends by examining the spatial and
temporal data offered by maps. It also aids in resource allocation and geographic profiling
of criminals and suspect places. Crime mapping is also used by criminal analysts and
researchers to uncover spatial trends in criminal behavior by using geographical
information about crime incidents. Early attempts at crime mapping generally involved
placing physical markers on maps, such as pins, to designate the locations of crimes.
Patterns of criminal conduct were discovered by a visual examination of these maps.
Thanks to advancements in computation, geographic information systems (GIS) software
such as MapInfo and ArcGIS allow researchers to translate geographic information
(addresses or global positioning system [GPS] coordinates) into coordinates that can be
used with virtual maps. Using a range of analytic software systems, researchers and
criminal analysts can then investigate and detect patterns of criminal conduct.
I used Google Maps, Microsoft Excel, and Arc GIS software to perform my work (version
10.5, 2015). Esri develops and maintains the ArcGIS family of client software, server
software, and online geographic information system (GIS) services. When ArcGIS initially
came out, it was a huge hit. It was first launched in 1999 as ARC/INFO, a command-line-
based GIS solution for data manipulation (Esri, 1992). An ArcGIS software add-on for
mapping, identifying, and analyzing data. Geospatial trends in law enforcement data
should be communicated (Introduction to Crime Analysis, 2015)
To fulfill the work given to me by my esteemed professor, I've documented all of the
processes I used in Arc GIS software.
Task 1: Cutting the map of your own district selecting from gadm40_BGD_2 (district map) and saving that
as a distinct layer.

Step 1: Opening the file gadm40_BGD_2 from Add data

Step 2: Adding the file in Layers

Step 3: Selecting my own district, Rangpur from the Attribute table and saving that as a distinct layer.
Step 4: Cutting the map of my own district Rangpur

Step 4: Zooming into the layer for making the file more visible

Step 5: Tuning on the label feature for showing the name of my district.
Final Map of Task 1
Task 2: Select a single point from each police station of your home district using Google Map, put
those (decimal latitude and longitude) in an excel file, show the coordinates in ArcMap, save a layer
and join that point layer with your district polygon layer.

Step 1: Select a point (decimal latitude and longitude) from each police station of my home district using
Google Map.

Step 2: Put those (decimal latitude and longitude) in an excel file.

Step 3: Adding the Excel file in ArcMap.

Step 4: Showing the coordinate in ArcMap.

Step 5: Joining the point layer with my district polygon layer.

The final result of Task 2

Task 3-5: Use clip features and cut another layer from gadm40_BGD_3. Make a 2 km buffer zone
around all points and label each police station with the clipped feature.

Step 1: Add the gadm40_BGD_3 shape file.

Step 2: Select my own district (Rangpur) from the attribute table of the gadm40_BGD_3 shape file.

Step 3: Clipping my own district and saving it as a distinct layer.

Step 4: Zooming into the layer for making the file more visible.

Step 5: Adding the points

Step 6: Showing added points

Step 7: Exporting the point file and save it as a layer.

Step 8: Buffering the police stations.

Step 9: Labeling each police station.

Final Map of Task 3-5
 Task 6: Now open gadm40_BGD_1 and dissolve (Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, and Sylhet in a
single polygon Name it as North) and dissolve Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Dhaka in a single
polygon (Name it as South).

Step1: Opening the gadm40_BGD_1 file

Step 2: Select North (Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, and Sylhet) from the attribute table.

Step 5: Dissolving North in a single polygon.

Step 6: Dissolving South (Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Dhaka) in a single polygon.

Step 7: Adding Color, legend, scale, and arrow.

Final Map of Task 6
Task 7: Make an American map, inset Hawaii and Alaska at the bottom. Show all states in different
colors. Show geographic coordinate.

Step 1: Taking 3 American maps into 3 different layers.

Step 2: Insert Hawaii and Alaska at the bottom and the US on top.
Step 3: Showing all states in different colors.

Step 4: Enabling the label feature to show the names of different states.

Step 5: Showing geographic coordinate.

Final Map of Task 7
 Task 8: Open gadm40_BGD_1 and add an excel file named Final_Crime_data_oneyear.xls. Now,
show all murder data on the map based on graduated color.

Step 1: Opening the gadm40_BGD_1 file

Step 2: adding the excel file named Final_Crime_data_oneyear.xls.

Step 3: Joining the Excel file with the map.

Step 4: Opening Layer properties then symbology to quantities and then graduated color and selecting
murder.

Step 5: Enable the label feature.

Step 6: Adding Legend, Scale, Arrow.

Final Map of task 8
Task 9: Now show Murder, dacoity, and robbery combined in pie-chard and bar chart using different
colors for each crime.

Step 1: Opening Layer properties then symbology to charts and then Pie chart and selecting murder,
dacoity, and robbery in field selection and choosing the color scheme and apply.

Step 2: Opening Layer properties then symbology to charts and then Bar/Column chart and selecting
murder, dacoity, and robbery in field selection and choosing the color scheme and apply.
Final Map of task 9 (Pie Chart)
Final Map of Task 9(Bar chart)
Conclusion
The growing potential of GIS for supporting policing and crime reduction is now being
recognized by a broader community. GIS can be employed at different levels to support
operational policing, tactical crime mapping, detection, wider-ranging strategic analyses,
and so on. GIS does not replace a law enforcement agency’s process of collecting and
storing information in a database. Rather, it enhances the agency’s ability to use the data.
For example, a map can be created to show when and where a crime occurred with what
type of weapon was used, whether a victim was present, whether the victim was male or
female, and so forth.
GIS usage enhances a police officer’s time on the streets. An officer with access to GIS
software and additional datasets, such as parolee and probationer data, can run queries
from a laptop in the patrol car using the Community Policing Beat Book. In addition to
plotting the geographical attributes of criminal phenomena, law enforcement agencies
seek answers to why a specific crime occurs in a certain area. Some law enforcement
agencies use crime mapping to show where registered child sex offenders live. They
compare the locations of child sex offenders with the locations of the town’s schools. A
buffer zone is drawn around each school to observe how close the known offenders live
to these potential target areas.
Similarly, a victim service provider could use GIS to track and map the location of both
offenders and/or victims who were issued protection orders in stalking cases. GIS
software can map the home address of an individual, taking into consideration the
conditions of the protection order associated with the offender.

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