The role of mobile geographic information system in crime prevention

Mobile-GIS is one of the advanced dimensions of mobile GIS, which due to its flexibility and simplicity compared to other traditional GIS systems, has one of the most important applications in the prevention of crime. The present study was also conducted to investigate how the police use mobile-GIS in collecting crime information.

The present study is a quantitative and descriptive survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population is 30 faculty members of Amin University of Law Enforcement Sciences and elite experts in the field of NAJA headquarters and other bodies related to new geography technology who have been selected by census. Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire which was based on the opinion of relevant experts and specialists to confirm its content validity and reliability was

The findings of the study showed that GES mobile is compatible with police missions to prevent crime, ie the first hypothesis of the research is confirmed at a significance level of 0.05 (p <0.001). Also, the results of one-sample t-test at the significance level of 0.05 confirm the fourth hypothesis of the research that the use of mobile-GIS leads to a reduction in crime reporting time (P = 0.023).

The results of the research findings showed that Mobile-GI. While facilitating access to . Be. It is suggested that this technology of mobile geographical system be used in other categories of specialized police as well.