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Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology: Volume 8: 1991 (Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology)
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0195076230 |
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This new volume in the OSEB series presents reviews of key theoretical ideas and frameworks, and outlines progress in evolutionary studies.
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GIS and Crime Mapping (Mastering GIS: Technol, Applications & Mgmnt)
Spencer Chainey , and Jerry Ratcliffe Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0470860995 |
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GIS & Crime covers the theoretical principles, data processing solutions, partnership working, analytical methods, problem-solving approaches, and map design for GIS and crime in a manner that underpins GIS application use in three broad areas (operational, tactical and strategic). The book also includes short case studies at relevant sections to help demonstrate how the principles and concepts are essential for successful application development. These case studies bring a richness and depth to the text and draw from the authors’ international contacts and knowledge of excellence in the field to offer a global tone to the book.The authors are well-placed to write the leading text on GIS and crime. Spencer Chainey is a leading consultant and academic at the Jill Dando Crime Research Institute, and current vice-president of the AGI, and his experience is complemented by Jerry Ratcliffe, an academic in police studies in Australia and a former PC and crime analyst with the London Metropolitan Police Force. Case studies provide further insight into specific issues of interest to readers.
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GIS &Crimecovers the theoretical principles, data processing solutions, partnership working, analytical methods, problem-solving approaches, and map design for GIS and crime in a manner that underpins GIS application use in three broad areas (operational, tactical and strategic). The book also includes short case studies at relevant sections to help demonstrate how the principles and concepts are essential for successful application development. These case studies bring a richness and depth to the text and draw from the authors international contacts and knowledge of excellence in the field to offer a global tone to the book. The authors are well-placed to write the leading text on GIS and crime. Spencer Chainey is a leading consultant and academic at the Jill Dando Crime Research Institute, and current vice-president of the AGI, and his experience is complemented by Jerry Ratcliffe, an academic in police studies in Australia and a former PC and crime analyst with the London Metropolitan Police Force. Case studies provide further insight into specific issues of interest to readers. Provides readers with a complete start-to-finish coverage of crime mapping: fundamental theory of mapping and criminology, scientific methodologies, analysis and design techniques, and applications. Incorporates global examples and case studies from international contributors to demonstrate best and worst practiceCustomer Reviews:
Good information .......2007-04-06
A Good Introduction to the State of the Art.......2005-08-19
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Cartographies of Danger: Mapping Hazards in America
Mark Monmonier Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0226534197 |
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With chapters titled "Death Tracks," "Ill Winds," and "Nuclear Nightmares," Mark Monmonier's book Cartographies of Danger is sure to appeal to anyone interested in natural or manmade disasters. But make no mistake--this book is not just another attempt to profit off of a scary topic. Mark Monmonier is a professor of geography at Syracuse University, and Cartographies of Danger is an in-depth look at the little-known science of hazard-mapping. As Professor Monmonier demonstrates, hazard-mapping is as much art as science; detailed seismic-hazard maps of California, for example, failed to indicate the potential for the disastrous Northridge earthquake of 1994. Yet despite its imperfection, hazard-mapping is a valuable exercise and one that will undoubtedly improve in the coming decades.Cartographies of Danger doesn't restrict itself to natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, or volcanoes; Professor Monmonier also covers crime, pollution, and radon using the same principles of hazard-mapping. His examples of hazard maps demonstrate the relationships among mapping, scientific understanding of hazards, and the perception of risk. In addition, the book gives practical advice on how to avoid geographic hazards.
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DO MAPS TELL ALL.......2006-04-10
Great Book about Emergency Planning.......2004-12-12
Check this out if you like Edward Tufte (Envisioning Info.).......2000-06-15
A useful tool for evaluating environmental risk........1998-03-05
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Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis
Manufacturer: IGI Global ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1591404541 |
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Computerized crime mapping or GIS in law enforcement agencies has experienced rapid growth, particularly since the mid 1990s. There has also been increasing interests in GIS analysis of crime from various academic fields including criminology, geography, urban planning, information science and others. This book features a diverse array of GIS applications in crime analysis, from general issues such as GIS as a communication process and inter-jurisdictional data sharing to specific applications in tracking serial killers and predicting juvenile violence. The book showcases a broad range of methods and techniques from typical GIS tasks such as geocoding and hotspot analysis to advanced technologies such as geographic profiling, agent-based modeling and web GIS. Contributors range from university professors, criminologists in research institutes to police chiefs, GIS analysts in police departments and consultants in criminal justice.
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GIS in Law Enforcement: Implementation Issues and Case Studies
Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0415286107 |
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Written by experts and practitioners from law enforcement agencies and universities, GIS in Law Enforcement: Implementation Issues and Case Studies features information on implementation, data sharing, web-based Geographic Information Technologies (GIS) and database design. A series of chapters details exactly how specific law enforcement agencies are using GIS and related technologies such as GPS and remote sensing to solve crimes, deploy resources, and gauge the effectiveness of crime prevention and community oriented policing initiatives. This is the ideal book for GIS users in law enforcement, as well as crime analysts, teachers, and students of criminal justice. Contents Part I. Implementation Issues 1. How Law Enforcement Agencies Can Make Geographic Information Technologies Work for Them 2. Overview of Implementation Issues 3. Mapping in Mayberry: Major Issues in the Implementation of GIS in Small and Rural Law Enforcement Agencies 4. Designing a Database for Law Enforcement Agencies 5. Crime Mapping and Data Sharing 6. GIS and Crime Mapping by Illinois Police: If You've Got It, Flaunt It 7. Future Directions in Crime Mapping. Part II. Case Studies 8. Lincoln Police Department - Specific Examples of GIS Successes 9. Mapping Crime and Community Problems in Knoxville, Tennessee 10. Operationalizing GIS to Investigate Serial Robberies in Phoenix, Arizona 11. Crime Mapping at the Boston Police Department 12. Apprehending Murderers in Spokane, Washington Using GIS and GPS 13. The Enforcer GIS: Helping Pinellas County, Florida Manage and Share Geo-Spatial Data 14. The Delaware Real-time Crime Reporting System: A Statewide and Enterprise-wide GIS Application for Law Enforcement 15. National Guard Bureau - Counterdrug GIS Programs: Supporting Counterdrug Law Enforcement 16. Journeys to Crime: GIS Analysis of Offender and Victim Journeys in Sheffield, England 17. Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing for Solving Crimes. Part III. Appendices A. Towards a Lexicon of Criminology and Geography: 25 Useful Terms B. Crime Mapping Resources C. Master Bibliography. Index. Agencies Can Make Geographic Information Technologies Work for Them 2. Overview of Implementation Issues 3. Mapping in Mayberry: Major Issues in the Implementation of GIS in Small and Rural Law Enforcement Agencies 4. Designing a Database for Law Enforcement Agencies 5. Crime Mapping and Data Sharing 6. GIS and Crime Mapping by Illinois Police: If You've Got It, Flaunt It 7. Future Directions in Crime Mapping. Part II. Case Studies 8. Lincoln Police Department - Specific Examples of GIS Successes 9. Mapping Crime and Community Problems in Knoxville, Tennessee 10. Operationalizing GIS to Investigate Serial Robberies in Phoenix, Arizona 11. Crime Mapping at the Boston Police Department 12. Apprehending Murderers in Spokane, Washington Using GIS and GPS 13. The Enforcer GIS: Helping Pinellas County, Florida Manage and Share Geo-Spatial Data 14. The Delaware Real-time Crime Reporting System: A Statewide and Enterprise-wide GIS Application for Law Enforcement 15. National Guard Bureau - Counterdrug GIS Programs: Supporting Counterdrug Law Enforcement 16. Journeys to Crime: GIS Analysis of Offender and Victim Journeys in Sheffield, England 17. Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing for Solving Crimes. Part III. Appendices A. Towards a Lexicon of Criminology and Geography: 25 Useful Terms B. Crime Mapping Resources C. Master Bibliography. Index.
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Mapping and Analysing Crime Data
Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 074840922X |
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One of the key methods of reducing and dealing with criminal activity is to accurately gauge and then analyse the geographical distribution of crime (from small scale to large scale areas). Once the police and government know what areas suffer most from criminal activity they can assess why this is the case and then deal with it in the most effective way. Crime mapping and the spatial analysis of crime data have become recognised as powerful tools for the study and control of crime. Much of the emerging demand for more information and detailed crime pattern analysis have been driven by legislative changes, such as the UK's new Crime and Disorder Act which has placed a joint statutory duty on Police Forces and Local Authorities to produce crime and disorder audits for their areas. The book sets out methods used in the fields of Geographical Information Systems and highlights areas of best practice, examines the types of problems to which spatial crime analysis can be applied, reviews the capabilities and limitations of existing techniques, and explores the future directions of spatial crime analysis and the need for training. It centres on a series of case studies highlighting the experiences of academics and practitioners in agencies centrally involved in the partnership approach to crime prevention. Practitioners and academics not only in the UK but also worldwide should be interested in the book as an up-to-date information resource and a practical guide.
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GIS And Crime Mapping
Spencer/ Ratcliffe, Jerry Chainey Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000N6DGYI |
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Mesoscopic Electronics in Solid State Nanostructures
Thomas Heinzel Manufacturer: Wiley-VCH ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 3527406387 |
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This text treats electronic transport in the regime where conventional textbook models are no longer applicable, including the effect of electronic phase coherence, energy quantization and single-electron charging. This second edition is completely updated and expanded, and now comprises new chapters on spin electronics and quantum information processing, transport in inhomogeneous magnetic fields, organic/molecular electronics, and applications of field effect transistors. The book also provides an overview of semiconductor processing technologies and experimental techniques. With a number of examples and problems with solutions, this is an ideal introduction for students and beginning researchers in the field. "This book is a useful tool, too, for the experienced researcher to get a summary of recent developments in solid state nanostructures. I applaud the author for a marvellous contribution to the scientific community of mesoscopic electronics."
—Prof. K. Ensslin, Solid State Physics Laboratory, ETH Zurich
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Electronic Quantum Transport in Mesoscopic Semiconductor Structures (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics)
Thomas Ihn Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0387400966 |
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This book treats three topics of electronic quantum transport in mesoscopic semiconductor structures: the conductance in strongly interacting and disordered two-dimensional systems and the metal insulator transition, electron transport through quantum dots and quantum rings in the Coulomb-blockade regime, and scanning probe experiments on semiconductor nanostructures at cryogenic temperatures. In addition it gives a brief historical account of electron transport from Ohm's law through transport in semiconductor nanostructures, and a review of cryogenic scanning probe techniques applied to semiconductor nanostructures. Both graduate students and researchers in the field of mesoscopic semiconductors or in semiconductor nanostructures will find this book useful.
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Transport in Nanostructures (Cambridge Studies in Semiconductor Physics and Microelectronic Engineering)
David Ferry , and Stephen Marshall Goodnick Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0521461413 |
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Transport in Nanostructures reviews the results of experimental research into mesoscopic devices, and develops a detailed theoretical framework for understanding their behavior. The authors discuss the key observable phenomena in nanostructures, including phase interference and weak localization. They then describe quantum confined systems, transmission in nanostructures, quantum dots and single electron phenomena. Separate chapters cover interference in diffusive transport and temperature decay of fluctuations, and a chapter on nonequilibrium transport and nanodevices concludes the book. Throughout, Ferry and Goodnick interweave experimental results with the appropriate theoretical formalism. Profusely illustrated, the book will be of great interest to graduate students taking courses in mesoscopic physics or nanoelectronics, as well as to researchers working on semiconductor nanostructures or the development of new ultrasmall devices.Customer Reviews:
quantum phenomena are arising in small devices.......2006-02-24
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We'll to the Woods No More (New Directions Paperbook)
Edouard Dujardin Manufacturer: New Directions Publishing Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0811211134 |
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We'll to the Woods No More
Manufacturer: New Directions, Norfolk CT ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GU9JTW |
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His first book. The importance of this book is that with it was invented a new fiction method, the monologue intérieur, which has revolutionized the modern novel and which, one could even say, has given new depth to our understanding of experience.
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We'll to the Woods No More
Edouard Dujardin Manufacturer: New Directions ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GRA4XK |
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We'll go no more to the woods;: A book of verses
Henry Condie ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007JTV1S |
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We'Ll to the Woods No More
Edouard Dujardin Manufacturer: NEW DIRECTIONS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OKM8GA |
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We'll to the Woods No More
Manufacturer: New Directions Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0811202682 |
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WE'LL TO THE WOODS NO MORE
Edouard DUJARDIN Manufacturer: see notes for publisher info ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000Q6N7AS |
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