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1 results foundAuthor: Johnson, Jennifer A. Title: Social network analysis in an operational environment: Defining the utility of a network approach for crime analysis using the Richmond City Police Department as a case study Summary: Increased awareness of network-based social action (Castells, 2009), including criminal action, necessitates the incorporation of network-based analyses in the work of the precinct crime analyst. Social network analysis is a social science methodology that can provide crime analysts with a set of quantitative metrics and robust visual displays, through which they can quickly discover, analyze and visualize network-based criminal action with the goal of developing rigorous interdiction strategies. Using ‘real world’ data provided by the Richmond City Police Department, a large urban metropolitan police department located in the United States in Richmond, Virginia, we show how social network analysis can provide a common language through which crime analysts and police detectives can effectively work to quickly develop interdiction strategies in response to criminal activities that afflict local law enforcement agencies. Through both a case study and use of SNA in actual criminal cases, we show how a network approach can assist police in understanding complex behavioral motivations of offenders, strategically hot-spotting people of interest and developing stronger inter-jurisdictional working relationships. Details: Geneva, Switzerland: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, 2011. 23p. Source: International Police Executive Symposium Working Paper No. 39: Internet Resource: Accessed February 4, 2012 at http://www.dcaf.ch/content/download/55532/838406/file/WPS39.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.dcaf.ch/content/download/55532/838406/file/WPS39.pdf Shelf Number: 123959 Keywords: Crime AnalysisPolice Investigation (Virginia)Social Networks, Analysis |