This course goes over theories of crime that explain why certain places or neighborhoods have more crime than others.

By the end of the course, students should expect:

• To be able to use different theories of crime to make predictions about when and where crime is most prevalent
• Understand how police departments and crime analysts use such information to inform police practices to combat crime
• See how well those different theories of crime explain spatial patterns of crime in Dallas.

Below are resources for the course:

• Syllabus (Spring 2017)