Applications of Geographical Information Systems in Policing

In 2022, the authors Andrea Pődör and Szabolcs Mátyás released their textbook titled Rendészeti térinformatika [Law Enforcement Application of GIS] under the auspices of Ludovika University Press. Andrea Pődör is an associate professor and the director of the Geoinformatics Institute at the Alba Regia Faculty of Technology, University of Óbuda. Szabolcs Mátyás is an associate professor at the National Public Service University and a lecturer at the Department of Investigative Theory. The book was professionally proofread by László Zsigovits. The authors have been involved in policing science for decades, focusing especially on crime mapping. This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the most important knowledge in this field from a practical perspective. Prior to this, no publication of this size had been released in the field of law enforcement dealing with GIS.

Keywords: GIS, geography, law enforcement, criminal geography