Criminology
Social Network Analysis for Law Enforcement
Social Network Analysis Reference Guide
Overview of SNA:
SNA Programs:
- List of Top 30 SNA and Visualization Tools- https://www.kdnuggets.com/2015/06/top-30-social-network-analysis-visualization-tools.html/2(gives a description of each program and links to programs’ websites)
Recommended Books for Social Network Analysis:
- Morselli, C. (Ed.). (2013). Crime and networks. Routledge.
- If using Pajek for SNA- Nooy, W. D., Mrvar, A., & Batagelj, V. (2009). Exploratory social network analysis with Pajek. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Papachristos, A. V. (2006). Social network analysis and gang research: Theory and methods. Studying youth gangs, 99-116.
- Scott, J. (2017). Social network analysis. Los Angeles: SAGE.
Articles Regarding the use of SNA in Criminology and Criminal Justice:
- McGloin, J. M. (2005). Policy and intervention considerations of a network analysis of street gangs. Criminology & Public Policy, 4(3), 607-635.
- Morselli, C. (2010). Assessing vulnerable and strategic positions in a criminal network. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 26(4), 382-392.
- Papachristos, A. V., Braga, A. A., & Hureau, D. M. (2012). Social networks and the risk of gunshot injury. Journal of Urban Health, 89(6), 992-1003.
- Papachristos, A. V., & Wildeman, C. (2014). Network exposure and homicide victimization in an African American community. American journal of public health, 104(1), 143-150.
- Papachristos, A. V., Hureau, D. M., & Braga, A. A. (2013). The corner and the crew: the influence of geography and social networks on gang violence. American sociological review, 78(3), 417-447.
- Tenti, V., & Morselli, C. (2014). Group co-offending networks in Italy’s illegal drug trade. Crime, Law and Social Change, 62(1), 21-44. 10.
- Van der Hulst, R. C. (2009). Introduction to social network analysis (SNA) as an investigative tool. Trends in Organized Crime, 12(2), 101-121.
Webinars on SNA:
- Strategies for Policing Innovation- Social Network Analysis
- VRN WEBINAR: Utilizing Social Network Analysis for Violence Reduction
- Watch video: https://it.ojp.gov/CAT/Resource/78 (click “View Resource”)
Social Network Analysis Organizations and Conferences:
- International Network of Social Network Analysis
- http://www.insna.org/#
- Sunbelt Conference: June 26- July 1, 2018 in Utrecht, NL
- Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining
- http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2018/
- 2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining: August 28-31, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/
- LINKS Center for SNA
- https://sites.google.com/site/linkscenterworkshopsna/
- Summer Workshop on Social Network Analysis - June 4-8, 2018 in Kentucky
- Australian Network for Social Network Analysis (ANSNA)
- https://www.ansna.org.au/
- The Australian Social Network Analysis Conference (ASNAC) is held annually in November
- NetLab
- Center for Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems (CASOS)
- http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/
- 2018 CASOS Summer Institute: June 10-16, 2018 at Carnegie Mellon University
- Orgnet (offers software and SNA services)
- http://www.orgnet.com/index.html
Pajek Download Instructions:
- Go to: http://mrvar.fdv.uni-lj.si/pajek/
- In the 32 bit column, select install-zip
- When zip file window appears, click extract
- When copy to window appears, select where you would like Pajek to download
Pajek Specific Sample Datasets:
- Go to: http://mrvar.fdv.uni-lj.si/pajek/
- Click on datasets
- http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/data/
Sample Datasets:
- https://snap.stanford.edu/data/
- http://networkdata.ics.uci.edu/index.html
- http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/netdata/
- http://konect.uni-koblenz.de/networks/
- https://www.barabasilab.com/
- http://socialcomputing.asu.edu/pages/datasets
Contact:
- Andrew Fox, Ph.D.
- Email: anfox@mail.fresnostate.edu