Using Data Mining for Intelligence-Led Policing and Crime Analysis

This article is devoted to a review and perspectives of using data mining methods in the work of criminal analysts in the national police by the process of developing and implementing proactive police activities for the prevention and investigation crimes. It also describes data mining tools for improving the effectiveness of information-analytical work of the law-enforcement agencies through the creation of automated intelligent technological tools. The operative part of the article outlines the basic principles, models and technologies that specialized software is used to support the analytical work of criminal analysts.