This article describes the ExpertCop tutorial system. ExpertCop is a geosimulator of criminal dynamics in urban environments that aims to train police officers in the activity of preventive policing allocation. ExpertCop intends to i) help students comprehend the task of resources allocation and identify the variables involved; ii) induce students to reflect about their actions related to resou...

BACKGROUND Significant underreporting of road traffic injuries by the police has been documented, even in developed countries. The objective of this study was to clarify the magnitude of underreporting of police data in Japan. METHODS Police reports were compared with those of the fire department and the Marine and Fire Insurance Association of Japan. RESULTS The results reveal significant ...

Background—Significant underreporting of road traYc injuries by the police has been documented, even in developed countries. The objective of this study was to clarify the magnitude of underreporting of police data in Japan. Methods—Police reports were compared with those of the fire department and the Marine and Fire Insurance Association of Japan. Results—The results reveal significant underr...

T first contact that a young juvenile offender has with the juvenile justice system is with a police officer. The nature and circumstances of this police contact are likely to be significant and have a lasting impression on a young person. In this chapter we examine police roles and responsibilities in general, and the unique roles that police have when dealing with juvenile offenders. Children...

A police car, manned round the clock by two officers, costs at least $300,000 annually. With efficient management of this resource, police services can be improved without raising taxes. This ArcView extension allows police planners to design patrol districts and to evaluate them by displaying various performance measures. The extension uses a spatially distributed queuing system (the Larson Hy...

In this article we describe a tool for assisting the investigation of different strategies of agent physical reorganizations. We show how the tool was used in the public safety domain for helping in the study of strategies of preventive policing. An agent society that simulates criminal and police behavior in a geographical region was constructed. In this society, artificial agents representing...