Social Work and Technology: Using Geographic Information Systems to Leverage Community Development Responses to Hate Crimes

IF 1.5 Q2 SOCIAL WORK

JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI:10.1080/15228835.2021.1931635

J. M. Dunlop, Derek Chechak, William A. Hamby, M. Holosko

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Abstract

Abstract This study highlights technology use in community development showing how social workers, police, and neighborhood residents promote safer neighborhoods. The approach used was geographic information systems (GIS) to target specific neighborhoods characterized as needing timely interventions. GIS is a technological sub-specialty and form of spatial cartography allowing data to be stored, manipulated, and visually displayed. This article focuses on how social workers can apply such approaches to enhance their communities and neighborhood residents. We offer a case study of a hate crimes project in Canada that brought together university researchers and a local police service into a research project, designed to identify specific neighborhood places where hate crimes were occurring. We propose that community social workers can form meaningful partnerships with technology experts and leverage this relationship into an expanded practice skill with tangible improvements to the communities they work with.

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社会工作与技术：利用地理信息系统利用社区发展应对仇恨犯罪

摘要这项研究强调了技术在社区发展中的应用，展示了社会工作者、警察和社区居民如何促进更安全的社区。使用的方法是地理信息系统（GIS），以针对需要及时干预的特定社区。地理信息系统是空间制图的一个技术分支和形式，允许数据存储、操作和可视化显示。这篇文章的重点是社会工作者如何应用这些方法来改善他们的社区和社区居民。我们提供了一个加拿大仇恨犯罪项目的案例研究，该项目将大学研究人员和当地警察部门纳入一个研究项目，旨在确定仇恨犯罪发生的特定社区。我们建议社区社会工作者可以与技术专家建立有意义的合作伙伴关系，并利用这种关系扩大实践技能，切实改善与他们合作的社区。

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JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICES SOCIAL WORK-

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

6.70%

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期刊介绍： This peer-reviewed, refereed journal explores the potentials of computer and telecommunications technologies in mental health, developmental disability, welfare, addictions, education, and other human services. The Journal of Technology in Human Services covers the full range of technological applications, including direct service techniques. It not only provides the necessary historical perspectives on the use of computers in the human service field, but it also presents articles that will improve your technology literacy and keep you abreast of state-of-the-art developments.