Chicago HSI 1

Chicago HSI is an application to research spatial relationships between homicide events in Chicago. This tool is comprised of multiple federal, state, and regional data resources organized into an intuitive visual display.
Quick Facts

Chicago HSI allows a researcher to accomplish the following tasks:

Filter homicide events by:
General Homicide Type (e.g. gang motivated or child abuse)
Domestic Relationship
Victim or Primary and Secondary Offender Age, Race, and Gender
Location
Type of Weapon Used
Date of occurrence
View details about each homicide
Map homicides in relation to:
Federal: City boundaries and Census tract: (1960-2000)
Local: Neighborhoods, Streets,Precincts, Wards, et al
Natural: forests, parks, rivers and lakes
Social: Libraries, schools, public transportation
Animate data set, by event day, months, or years
Save maps in popular image formats (jpg, bmp, png)