This third issue of
Geography and Public Safety examines how the nationwide home foreclosure crisis has affected crime, police practice, and public policy. Articles show that
geographic information systems can assess how foreclosures influence crime trends and improve city cleanup of graffiti and blight. Additionally, the issue describes the tenets of the
broken windows policing theory, and how this theory explains why police and public planners must react quickly, before crime has a chance to escalate
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