The geo-spatial analysis and environmental factors of narcotics hot spots

• Main Author: Balchak, Stefanie Wrae
• Format: Others
• Published: CSUSB ScholarWorks 2005
• Subjects: Crime analysis; Drug abuse and crime Analysis; Narcotics; Narcotics Statistics Graphic methods; Drug abuse Environmental aspects; Crime prevention; Drug abuse and crime Social conditions; Narcotics.; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Geographic Information Sciences; Substance Abuse and Addiction
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2936; https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3953&context=etd-project

A mixed methodological approach with two different analytic procedures and multiple data sources was used to examine narcotics hot spots. The first phase compares two methods of hot spots identification; the prediction model and the actual crimes. The second phase involves an intensive study to better understand the phenomenon of drug hot spots areas consistently shown to be repeat hot spots.