Research Guides: Crime & Deviance: Atlases

What is an atlas?

A crime atlas is a reference book that contains maps that show geographical distributions and statistics about crime.

Atlas of Crime: Mapping the Criminal Landscape by Turnbull, Linda S.
Call Number: REF HV6783 .A85 2000
Publication Date: 2000
Contributors in geography explore and explain how modern mapping techniques and software are used to reveal important and useful patterns in the location and distribution of crime.
Historical Atlas of the Outlaw West by Richard M. Patterson
Publication Date: 1985
A state-by-state atlas that maps and describes the criminal history of the western U.S.