JOEL M. CAPLAN is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice and Associate Director of the Rutgers Center on Public Security. He specializes in spatial analysis and advises many public safety agencies on how to use GIS for strategic decision-making and evidence-based practices. Joel's work has been disseminated in books, peer-reviewed journal articles, and at national and international conferences. His most recent book, "GIS for Public Safety," is an annotated guide to ArcGIS that presents many of the tools and techniques commonly used by public safety researchers, analysts, and practitioners. In addition to his academic accomplishments, Joel has professional… experience as a police officer, 911 Dispatcher, and EMT.
Leslie W. Kennedy is currently University Professor at Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice (SCJ) and Director of the Rutgers Center on Public Security. He was the Dean of SCJ from 1998 to 2007.nbsp; In his most recent research, he has focused on crime mapping and the development of risk terrain modeling for use by police in preventing crime.nbsp; In addition to publishing numerous books on risk and crime, his research has appeared in Criminology, Justice Quarterly, American Journal of Public Health, and the Journal of Quantitative Criminology.