Statistical analysis of spatio-temporal crime patterns: Optimization of patrolling strategies Camacho Collados, Miguel Liberatore, Federico Angulo Ibáñez, José Miguel Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa Sistemas de seguridad Sistemas de información geográfica Sistemas de soporte a la decisión Toma de decisiones multicriterio Análisis de sistemas Estadística In Spain, the security of towns is borne by the Spanish National Police Corps (SNPC), usually sharing territory with other local security forces. The SNPC is an armed Institute of civil nature, subordinated to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Among its duties are: keeping and restoring order and public safety and to prevent the commission of criminal acts. The SNPC is one of the country's most valued institutions and is located at the global forefront in the fight against crime, with the aim of constant innovation. To improve the effectiveness of patrolling operations and increase the efficiency in the use of resources, the SNPC has started to develop a Decision Support System (DSS) comprising tools and models to assist various public security tasks. One of the main objectives of the system is the implementation of a predictive patrolling policy to increase the presence of agents in the areas where they are most needed, to reduce the probability of occurrence of crime. To this end, the author, in collaboration with professionals from the SNPC, developed a Predictive Policing tool for crime risk forecasting based on the statistical analysis of spatio-tempooral crime patterns, and an optimization model for the definition of patrolling sectors configuration, tailored to suit the requirements of the SNPC.. 2017-01-30T12:11:03Z 2017-01-30T12:11:03Z 2016 2016-07-22 doctoral thesis Camaco Collados, M. Statistical analysis of spatio-temporal crime patterns: Optimization of patrolling strategies. Granada: Universidad de Granada, 2016. [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/44557] 9788491630081 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/44557 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ open access Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License Universidad de Granada