The Crime Analysis Unit DEVELOPER’S KIT, produced by the Crime Mapping and Analysis Program (CMAP) and the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)-Rocky Mountain, contains documents, tools and examples to help you create, implement and expand any crime analysis unit. The kit contains several free software applications, including geographic information systems programs, geographic profiling utilities, tactical crime analysis tools, link-charting programs, statistics programs and OpenOffice.org. Additional features include articles and publications from experts in the field and other resource materials you can use as templates or starting points.
The CMAP provides all software free for use by law enforcement. To download and install the kit, visit www.crimeanalysts.net and click on CAU Developer Kit under the Resources tab. Or, call 800/416-8086.