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GIS as a Communication Process: Experiences from the Milwaukee COMPASS Project

GIS as a Communication Process: Experiences from the Milwaukee COMPASS Project
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Author(s): Jochen Albrect (Hunter College CUNY, USA)and James Pingel (State of Wisconsin Sentencing Commission, USA)
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 24
Source title: Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Fahui Wang (Northern Illinois University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-453-8.ch001

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Abstract

We examine the role of GIS in communication and decision-making processes by re-interpreting the experiences of the Milwaukee COMPASS Project (Community Mapping, Planning and Analysis for Safety Strategies) in the light of Enhanced Adoptive Structuration Theory. Using numerous practice-derived examples, we conclude that GIS not only facilitates and strengthens communication, but can be used to defuse political constraints to collaborative decision making.

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