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Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers in 60 Small Steps

http://www.popcenter.org/learning/60steps/index.cfm?stepNum=1 Like most crime analysts, you probably think of your job in rather modest terms.
Intelligence analysis is a process of evaluating and transforming raw data into descriptions, hypotheses, and explanations for intelligence consumers. http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~shaw/ia2006/

Intelligent User Interfaces for Intelligence Analysis

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La IACA en América del Sur The IACA has partnered with Fundación Paz Ciudadana , a nonprofit organization in Chile, to offer a third crime analysis symposium in Santiago, Chile in June 2012. http://www.iaca.net/
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Intelligence analysis is not difficult to understand.

Intelligence Analysis index

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Intelligence Analysis and Intelligence Cycle

http://www.intelligencesearch.com/ia084.html "The maxim 'nothing avails but perfection' can be spelled 'paralysis' (Winston Churchill) Communication is important.
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The Department of Justice’s Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant ( JAG ) Program provides federal funding for states and localities to promote effective strategies across the criminal justice system. http://www.it.ojp.gov/default.aspx

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International Studies Association (ISA), "Annual Convention 2012—Power, Principles, and Participation in the Global Information Age," San Diego, CA, April 1-4, 2012.

International Association For Intelligence Education

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In a recent BBH Labs post ( Wind Tunnel Marketing, The Sequel: On the Need for Divergent Insight ) that talked about the need for divergent thinking and stimulus in approaching problem solving (& creative ideation), Chaz Wigley, the Chairman of BBH in Asia Pacific, mentioned how the CIA ‘s (I’ve always wanted to link to the CIA) Problem Definition Checklist provoked precisely this kind of approach; rounded, many-faceted, flexible. These questions are known as “context-free questions” and are designed “to encourage agents to look at a challenge from many different angles. Using Phoenix is like holding your challenge in your hand. http://bbh-labs.com/how-the-cia-define-problems-plan-solutions-the-phoenix-checklist

How the CIA define problems & plan solutions: The Phoenix Checklist « BBH Labs

(Note: I started this series of posts many months ago with the intent of completing it in short order.

Sources And Methods

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Think like a statistician – without the math

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Social Network Analysis

Social network analysis is based on an assumption of the importance of relationships among interacting units. The social network perspective encompasses theories, models, and applications that are expressed in terms of relational concepts or processes. Along with growing interest and increased use of network analysis has come a consensus about the central principles underlying the network perspective.