In Crime: A Spatial Perspe Georges-Abeyie and Harries justify their tech- nocratic perspective by appealing to utilitarian values: “The underlying assumption is that the usefulness of academic approaches to analysis is reduced if there is no translation of principles Geography and methods into operational modes" (p. 247). In terms of the application of their research. the tenor of the argument is clear; in discussing “geographic prediction" Harries refers to mod- els useful for criminal justice personnel. panic- ularly in generating maps of predicted crime rates. Not only would these aid law enforcement and the planning of police patrol deployment. but they would generally enhance the criminal justice system's efficicncy