crime analysis process, or the general way in which crim analysis is practiced. The steps involved in this process are data collection, data collation, analysis, dissemination of results, and incorporation of feedback from
users of the information (Gottlieb et al., 1994). The crime analysis process begins with observations (data). Data come from many sources, including, in most cases, from outside crime analysis. That is, crime analysts examine data observed and collected by others, such as police officers, call-for-service dispatchers, community service officers, census workers, and geographers