Should criminologists be feeling lucky!? Applying Google Maps and Google Street View in criminological research

Online mapping technologies such as Google Maps and Street View have become increasingly accessible. These technologies have many convenient uses in everyday life, but law enforcement agencies have expressed concern that they could be exploited by offenders and might alter existing offending pattern...

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Autor principal: Vander Beken, Tom (Autor)
Otros Autores: Vandeviver, Christophe
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2014
En:Año: 2014
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Sumario:Online mapping technologies such as Google Maps and Street View have become increasingly accessible. These technologies have many convenient uses in everyday life, but law enforcement agencies have expressed concern that they could be exploited by offenders and might alter existing offending patterns and habits. For environmental criminologists, they have the potential to open up new approaches to conducting research. This paper draws on the results of earlier studies in related fields and a handful of criminological studies to discuss how these online mapping applications can trigger new research questions, and how they could be considered a valuable methodological addition to criminological research