SMART Approach to

Juvenile Justice

Avencia Incorporated Megan Heckert

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Dennis Mondoro

Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography (SMART) System

Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to effectively communicate complex issues including crime problems, community and governmental assets, and socioeconomic factors

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Provides national leadership, coordination, and resources

Supports states and communities

History

First Lady’s Helping America’s Youth Initiative• Community Resource Inventory

Users• Federal Progam Administrators• State Program Administrators• Local Law Enforcement • Local Decision Maker• Community User

Goals

• Provide federal leadership• Enhance interagency cooperation and

coordination• Empower communities• Emphasize evidence-based and proven

practices• Support early identification of issues• Identification of interventions at federal,

state, and local levels

Data

• Indicators– Census data, UCR data

• Resource Points– OJJDP resources, Police departments, DOL One Stop

offices, Weed and Seed programs

• User-uploaded Data– Addresses

User Experience

User Experience

Future Development

• Incorporation of additional data sets• Additional resource points• User upload of geographic data• User defined regional analysis• Quick and easy reports

Technology

ESRIArcIMS, ArcSDE, ArcWeb Services

NAVTEQBase map

MicrosoftSQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2003, .NET Framework 2.0, ASP .NET

AvenciaKaleidocade Indicators Framework

Technology

Development

Application Development,Database, HTTP

Mapping

Internal Staging

Database, Mapping, HTTP

External Staging

Database, Mapping, HTTP

Production

Mapping

HTTP

Database

Feature Verification and Performance Testing

Acknowledgements

OJJDPNational Institute of JusticeDevelopment Services GroupInternational Association of Chiefs of Police

Questions?