Analyzing the Social Media Footprint of Street Gangs

Sanjaya Wijeratne; Derek Doran; Amit Sheth; Jack L. Dustin

doi:10.1109/ISI.2015.7165945

Analyzing the Social Media Footprint of Street Gangs

Sanjaya Wijeratne, Derek Doran, Amit Sheth, Jack L. Dustin

Computer Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Gangs utilize social media as a way to maintain threatening virtual presences, to communicate about their activities, and to intimidate others. Such usage has gained the attention of many justice service agencies that wish to create better crime prevention and judicial services. However, these agencies use analysis methods that are labor intensive and only lead to basic, qualitative data interpretations. This paper presents the architecture of a modern platform to discover the structure, function, and operation of gangs through the lens of social media. Preliminary analysis of social media posts shared in the greater Chicago, IL region demonstrate the platform's capability to understand gang members' social media usage patterns.

Original language	English
Pages	91-96
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISI.2015.7165945
State	Published - May 27 2015
Event	13th IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2015 - Baltimore, United States Duration: May 27 2015 → May 29 2015

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Conference	13th IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, ISI 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore
Period	5/27/15 → 5/29/15

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Artificial Intelligence
Law
Computer Networks and Communications
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Keywords

Gang Activity Understanding
Internet Banging
Platform Design
Social Media Analysis

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Sociology
Urban Studies and Planning

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