Applying Geographic Information System to Locate the Residential burglary Hotspots in Penang Island, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Molood, Seifi, Syarmila Hani, Haron, Aldrin, Abdullah, Tarmiji, Masron, Mohd Nor, Arshad, Mina, Seifi, Tareq, Salah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Mattingley Publishing Co., Inc. 2020
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31078/1/Applying%20Geographic%20Information%20System%20to%20Locate%20theResidential%20burglary%20Hotspots%20in%20Penang%20Island%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31078/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Identifying the geographic areas with a high concentration of house break-in incidents is crucial in policing and prevention initiations. Despite the popularity of geographic information system in mapping residential burglary, not many studies have explored...