This volume presents a collection of essays from experienced crime analysts from around the world. It explores themes relevant to anyone embarking on, or already into a career in crime analysis.

Divided into two sections, this book addresses technical issues central to the profession, from collection of data to presenting findings to reluctant audiences. It incorporates a collection of methodological case studies, demonstrating the ways analysis has made a meaningful difference to policing and security.

This volume is intended for scholars who study and work with crime analysts, the global community of undergraduate and graduate students who may take one of these roles in the future, and law enforcement.

1. An introduction to crime analysis

2. Why does a crime analyst need a companion?
Part I. The Crime Analysis Profession
3. Different types of crime analyst?
4. Crime analysis in an international context
5. The role of crime analysis in evidence-based policing
6. Building the analyst you want to be
7. Analysts from a Police Commander's perspective
8. The literature on Crime Analysis
Part II. Techniques for Crime Analysis
9. An overview of analytical techniques
10. Constructing a question and shaping an answer
11. An overview of GIS in policing
12. The development of a new capability: geographic profiling analysis in Australia
13. Integration of geographic profiling with forensic intelligence to target serial crime
14. Working on major crime investigations
15. Crime harm indices
16. Problem solving and SARA
17. Analysing descriptive results
18. Algorithms
19. Reports and data visualisation
20. Statistics for analysts
21. Criminological theories for analysts
22. Landing your recommendations
23. Partnering with police
24. Dealing with difficult cops
Part III. Analysts making a difference in Law enforcement decision making: case studies
25. Geo profiling
26. Major crime
27. Targeting analysis
28. Algorithm
29. Evaluation
30. Implementing evidence: developing data analysis as a sustainable capability
Part IV. Conclusions
31. The future of the role
32. Concluding thoughts.