Geographic profiling and spatial analysis of crime for tactical policing: a case study of the murders in the Greater Masaka Sub-Region

Abstract

Main Objective: To enhance tactical criminal investigations using geospatial techniques for the analysis of crime (murder) in the Greater Masaka sub region.

Specific Objectives: 1. To determine the criminogenic factors that facilitate murder in the study area. 2. To determine the spatial relationships between the attacks and the underlying criminogenic factors. 3. To model the offender`s comfort zone within the study area.