Comments on: A tale of two cities: crime reports in San Francisco and Washington DC http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/08/15/a-tale-of-two-cities-crime-reports-in-san-francisco-and-washington-dc/ Strategies for Internet citizens Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:47:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tim Meadowcroft http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/08/15/a-tale-of-two-cities-crime-reports-in-san-francisco-and-washington-dc/#comment-125107 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:28:17 +0000 http://jonudell.wordpress.com/?p=529#comment-125107 You might be interested in a recent program on (UK) BBC Radio 4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/crimehotspots.shtml

that looks at some of the concerns about crime maps distorting the reporting and analysis of crime, with particular inputs from police analysts, academics and others.
Also makes some interesting points about factors that distort such maps (eg ‘no-go’ areas, and why police stations will appear as high crime areas) and questions some of the motivations behind such initiatives.

Ful program might be available on “listen again” service or similar.

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