CJ 560 Urban Crime Patterns
This seminar introduces students to the spatial patterns of crime and their relationship to other features of the urban environment. It examines the classic studies of the Chicago School and the theories of urban crime developed there. Current studies applying and extending these theories will be reviewed. Finally, the seminar will review the use of GIS software and conduct basic GIS analyses of urban data. Data and examples will be drawn whenever possible from the Scranton, Philadelphia or New York metropolitan areas.