Examining and designing community crime prevention technology

Authors:
Sheena Lewis
Affiliations:
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Venue:
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2012

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Abstract

My doctoral research examines how middle and low socio-economic communities use technology to address crime. To accomplish this, I have conducted ethnographic fieldwork at joint meetings with Chicago communities and police for the past year. I have also conducted an online content analysis where I have collected over 7000 online crime forum posts that are neighborhood-specific dating back to 2004. The results of my research will inform the design of community crime prevention technologies.