Advanced GIS and Crime Analysis

Violence against Women in West Bengal, India

AvPriyanka Biswas,Nilanjana Das Chatterjee

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Advanced GIS and Crime Analysis explores the existing spatial variability of crime committed against women in West Bengal and steadily excavates the underlying determinants accountable for specific crimes against women. The book applies GIS technologies to visualise complex crime patterns over space and suggests specific measures to curb oppression.The book applies statistical methods and GIS techniques to visualise the vulnerable areas of crime against women in West Bengal and critically discusses emerging criminogenic issues with respect to theoretical understanding and immediate situations. The determination of the most significant crime hotspots, deliberation of substantial facts through a variety of collective socio-economic as well as environmental perspectives, and suggestive measures will assist law enforcement officials, practitioners, and policymakers in adopting immediate, effective measures.Advanced GIS and Crime Analysis will be beneficial for students of criminology, research scholars, practitioners, urban planners, and policymakers to understand the complex crime patterns that exist in West Bengal.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-10-27
Mått:138 x 216 x 10 mm
Vikt:280 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:166
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032696041

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Priyanka Biswas holds a PhD from Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. Her areas of research interest are criminological studies, especially crime against women, urban environment and crime, and statistical modelling. She emphasises multidisciplinary efforts to visualise crime scenarios and evaluate policy-level change to make society crime-free.Nilanjana Das Chatterjee is Professor and Head of the Department of Geography at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. Her principal areas of research interest are environmental issues in geography, criminological analysis, and criminal psychology, with special reference to gender, urban environment, and associated socio-economic milieu. She emphasises the use of evaluation strategies to develop community-level awareness and support policy-level change to enhance the quality of society.

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Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Flesh Trading: Network of Organised Crime of Trafficking in Women and Minor Girls in West BengalChapter 3 The Modern Revenge Strategy of Acid Attacks against Women in West Bengal: Spatial Extension and Underlying Socio-psychological Milieu Chapter 4 Rape: Brutality against Women in West Bengal: A Geospatial UnderstandingChapter 5 Domestic Violence against Women in West Bengal: Understanding Socio-psychological Milieu Chapter 6 Application of Geovisual Analytic Tool for Space-Time Visualisation of Crime Compositions and Delineation of Future Potential Areas of Crime Using Statistical TechniquesChapter 7 Discussions and Conclusion