Introduction and overview -- Crime analysis defined -- The crime analysis profession -- Introduction to crime mapping -- Theory and crime analysis -- Crime analysis data -- Crime analysis technology -- Data collection and pattern identification -- Describing, analyzing, and disseminating known patterns -- Analyzing problems : definition, context, and nature of the problem -- Analyzing problems : temporal analysis, victimization, and primary data collection -- Analyzing problems : spatial analysis -- Strategic crime analysis products -- Administrative crime analysis -- Appendix A: Sample problem analysis project.