Exam 9: Pattern Identification Process

Linking together all of the cases that might make up a pattern is the process of:

A white male suspect, wearing red shorts, no shirt, and a blue cap, who has peered into 8 separate homes on different occasions, is an example of a:

The process of linking unsolved cases to a recently solved case.

A small area where an unusual amount of criminal activity occurs that is committed by one or more offenders is a:

The process of refining a list of cases into the cases that will make up the pattern to be published is:

Identifying investigative leads requires

Deduction is when the analyst begins with a large number of cases to determine a pattern.

Medical offices being burglarized by breaking the front window and prying the office door is an example of a:

A suspect who steals a car, then robs a local convenience store as well as a pedestrian one mile from the store in a matter of 20 minutes is an example of a:

A neighborhood with twice the normal number of home and car burglaries in the last two weeks is an example of a:

Various locations of one type of place victimized across the city:

A pattern identification method of assigning different values to various characteristics of crimes to determine which are most similar is the:

Clearing cases requires identifying the suspect in at least one of the cases in a pattern and linking that suspect to the other cases.

Deduction is when the analyst has one case to which others are linked

Linking cases in a pattern by suspect requires knowing the name of the suspect in at least one of the cases.

A run of similar crimes committed by the same individuals) against one or various victims or targets is a:

Identifying the principal case requires

A pattern characterized by a high frequency of criminal activity, to the extent that the activity appears almost continuous is a:

An iterative process in which the analyst manipulates, searches, and sorts the characteristics of crimes in a database matrix to link crimes with similar characteristics.

Homeless people breaking into vehicles in a downtown area is over several weeks is an example of a: