Geographic profiling and spatial analysis of crime for tactical policing: a case study of the murders in the Greater Masaka Sub-Region
Geographic profiling and spatial analysis of crime for tactical policing: a case study of the murders in the Greater Masaka Sub-Region
Date
2022-02-04
Authors
Mukasa, Derrick Peter
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Publisher
Makerere University
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.
Description
A dissertation submitted to the Directorate of Research and Graduate Training in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science in Geo-Information Science and Technology of Makerere University.
Keywords
Geographic profiling,
spatial analysis,
crime,
tactical policing,
murders,
Greater Masaka Sub-Region,
Uganda
Citation
Mukasa, D. P. (2022). Geographic profiling and spatial analysis of crime for tactical policing: a case study of the murders in the Greater Masaka Sub-Region. (Unpublished Master's Dissertation). Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.