9th Crime Mapping Research Conference - Call for papers now open
Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
July 12, 2006

The 9th Crime Mapping Research Conference will be about demonstrating the use and development of methodologies for practitioners and researchers. The MAPS Program is anticipating the selection of key accepted presentations for further development of an electronic monograph on GIS, Spatial Data Analysis and the Study of Crime in the following year. Call for papers (pdf) - Submissions due September 29, 2006.

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Digital Gazetteer Research and Practice: Call for Participation
Upham Hotel, Santa Barbara, California, USA
December 7th - 9th, 2006

A 2 1/2-day workshop for the presentation, discussion, and summarization of current issues and opportunities.
Convened by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Redlands Institute.
Sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Location: Upham Hotel, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Dates: Early evening of Thursday, December 7, 2006 through late on Saturday December 9th
(participants will depart early Sunday)

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Social Science Computer Review
July 12, 2006

The "Social Science Computer Review", a peer-reviewed publication now in its 24th year of publication, is planning a special issue on "Crime Mapping" and solicits proposals for paper, reports, or book reviews. The issue will appear in 2007. Details about the journal can be found at: http://hcl.chass.ncsu.edu/sscore/sscore.htm

The "Social Science Computer Review" has an audience of social scientists, most of them never having done crime mapping. Therefore we are not necessarily looking for papers on technical refinements on cutting edge procedures. On the other hand, a paper would have to have some innovative aspect, doing more than showing that one can map crime variables. The key criteria in mind is, "What interesting things can social scientists do with these tools beyond what they probably already know, like dot mapping?" In addition to the field of criminology we are also encouraging papers to be submitted from all disciplines that incorporate the spatial perspectives of, but not limited to, inequality, residential stability, unemployment, access to resources, economic opportunities, housing availability, migration, segregation, and neighborhood effects as they relate to crime. < /p>

Those interested may email me, the guest editor, by Monday, July 31, 2006 with an abstract at Ronald.Wilson@usdoj.gov. Papers accepted will be due by mid to end October.

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