GEOSPATIAL MAPPING OF CRIME HOTSPOTS IN GUNDUMI FOREST RESERVE, SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorSAFIYANU, Abba
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-31T08:00:15Z
dc.date.available2017-03-31T08:00:15Z
dc.date.issued2015-03
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM AND REMOTE SENSING ((M.SC GIS AND REMOTE SENSING) DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIAen_US
dc.description.abstractGundumi is a very large and extensive forest with so many routes linking several villages and towns, which has high record of crime rates on robberies, cattle-rustlings. Murders/assassinations etc. This high prevalence of crimes has been a source of security concern to the general public, especially motorists and other commuters plying these routes. This necessitated for the mapping of crime hotspots in the forest for effective crime control and management. Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) model was used, because the method produces an aesthetically pleasing map from which users can identify hotspots based on contours of densities. Hotspot is an estimate proportion of total crimes at a given location, represented in contours of density. Seven (7) crime hotspot were identified .Two (2) of the hotspots were cascaded into High, Moderate and Low crime densities. Five (5) other hotspots are cascaded into two (2) concentric regions of Moderate and Low crime densities each. And the remaining Four (4) potential hotspots are of low densities only. Therefore, are still in their formative stages, and not yet develop into full hotspots. Findings reveal that all the seven identified hotspots are located along major routes (Roads) in the study area. Therefore, it was recommended that security measures should be reinforced along the affected roads to ensure public safety and security.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8818
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectGEOSPATIAL MAPPING,en_US
dc.subjectCRIME HOTSPOTS,en_US
dc.subjectGUNDUMI FOREST RESERVE,en_US
dc.subjectSOKOTO STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleGEOSPATIAL MAPPING OF CRIME HOTSPOTS IN GUNDUMI FOREST RESERVE, SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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