The Implementing and Institutionalizing CompStat in Maryland Web Site
The website www.compstat.umd.edu was designed specifically for Maryland
agencies for the project “Implementing and Institutionalizing CompStat in Maryland.” This site provides CompStat resources,
which incorporate crime analysis, problem solving, and accountability for police management and crime reduction.
The Institute for Governmental Service and Research
The website www.igsr.umd.edu is the Institute for Governmental Service and Research’s home page. This website offers information about IGSR as an organization in addition to explaining the current projects being run by IGSR staff, the technology services at IGSR, and information about IGSR’s SMART program.
The Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention
The website www.goccp.maryland.gov is the Maryland Governors Office of Crime Control and Prevention’s (GOCCP) home page. On this web page, you can find information about recent crime legislation and initiatives, grants, and justice programs. This web page gives the reader a thorough understanding of what Maryland’s governor is doing to help curtail crime in Maryland.
The Washington College Maryland Crime Mapping and Analysis Program
The website http://goccp.washcoll.edu explains Washington College’s project to help expand the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) throughout Maryland. Funded through a grant from GOCCP, the departments of Sociology and Anthropology and the Geographic Information Systems Program have pooled their resources to help achieve this goal. On this web page, you can find information about this project as well as information about past projects at Washington College. From this page, you can also navigate through Washington College’s web site to learn more about the College as a whole.
The International Association of Crime Analysts Web Site
The website www.iaca.net for the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA) offers crime analysts access to training announcements, job announcements, crime analysis literature and resources, and conference schedules. This website contains a vast amount of information and is a very useful starting point for many different types of crime analysis research.
The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
The web site www.popcenter.org for the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing offers all the relevant research and practice on problem-oriented policing and more generally crime prevention. The Center has published a guide series entitled, “Problem-Oriented Guides for Police” which summarizes knowledge about how to reduce the harm caused by specific crime and disorder problems. The guides are meant to help police agencies planning crime prevention initiatives to improve the overall response to problems. The suggested responses in the guides draw upon research findings and crime prevention practices from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia. Even more relevant to crime analysts, the POP Center produces the “Problem-Solving Tool Guides” that focus on explaining how various analytical methods and techniques can be applied to improve an understanding of crime and disorder problems. Finally, the POP Center provides a wealth of published literature on crime prevention, problem solving, and crime analysis in PDF format as well as learning modules and information about training and conferences.
The National Institute of Justice’s Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety
The web site www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/maps for the National Institute of Justice offers an overview of crime mapping and how it can be used to improve public safety. It includes links to geospatial tools, data sources, research, conferences, training courses, publications, and crime maps.