| dc.description.abstract | The level of growth of the economy of country largely depends on its state of security. Over the years the rate of crime in Kenya has been on upward trend and criminal activities have been perfected with more sophistication of how they are implemented. Due to poor infrastructures and technologies to curb these security concerns, the efforts have ended futile yet more criminal gangs are being formed every now and then. CIS is a tool that can be employed for effective crime mapping and management. Since every criminal occurrence has a locational aspect, GIS can be a vital tool to display and apply spatial analysis to data, in order to obtain a strong visual appreciation of the patterns of crimes for ease of decision making. This paper attention is on how GIS can be utilized in the mapping and management of crimes in Kenya using Nairobi City County as a case study. This paper outlines a methodological framework leveraging on GIS analysis to provide insight on the project’s intention towards solving crime within the area of study. The main method adopted for this project is a stepwise method of application of GIS in crime mapping and analysis. This technique involved collecting information on crimes and their locations (as well as temporal data), mapping out the administrative boundaries as used by the police and performing various data analysis procedures to extract information from the data. Time which the crime was reported was used to model early warning maps which was significant for forecasting purposes. From research, various contribution factors of crime in Nairobi have been pointed out some of which are managerial such as incentives and appraisal of the law enforcement officers. Other factors include societal contributory factors like change in crime tactics among perpetrators of crime and an increase in unemployment rate especially among the youth. The development of different crime maps serves as a means of record keeping through which research can be done periodically in order to identify the spatial patterns with regard to any specific crime. This helps the police force in solving crime as it occurs and device new tactics to deal with modem day crimes. Moreover, mapping of crime also creates awareness among the public through various timely decisions from the police force with creating alerts as one example or providing recommendations on where to report in case a crime occurs. | |
