Assessment of the Distribution of Crimes and Factors Influencing Crime in the Temeke Municipality, Tanzania Using Geospatial Technology
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https://doi.org/10.54536/ajgt.v4i1.4790Keywords:
Crimes, Geospatial Technology, GIS, Participatory Mapping Crime ReductionAbstract
This article assesses the distribution of Crimes at Temeke municipality Dar es Salaam, using quantitative approaches. Both probability and non-probability sampling were applied to get the study area and participants in this study. Data collection was done through participatory mapping, remote sensing, document review, GPS survey, and observation, two sorts of crimes, robbery and burglary were studied in this research. ArcGIS software was used to create hotspot maps, crime patterns, and visualization. Results indicated areas with a high risk of crime, and it increased over time from 2005 to 2022, and spatial factors for crime occurrence, Both family status of people along the study area, economic status, education, poor infrastructure, low living standard and more seen to be factors for crime occurrence. Hence, the spatial distribution of crimes in Temeke municipality is associated with both spatial and spatial factors that lead people to not succeed in their daily life
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