Exam 9: Pattern Identification Process

The Query Method is the method for pattern identification least often used by crime analysts.

Ad hoc linking occurs when investigators link cases using computer data for a single investigation.

Clearing cases is a deductive process.

Identifying the principal case requires

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

Sex offenders who live in an area where a current pattern of child abduction is occurring would most likely be found in a registered sex offender database.

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

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.

Identifying investigative leads requires

A convenience store with two robberies, two burglaries, a car theft, and several vandalism incidents in three weeks is an example of a:

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

Elderly women in several different supermarkets who are having their purses stolen out of the carts by numerous suspects in the last several weeks 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:

When looking at patterns of robberies in a particular area The analyst's first step is to select one case from the initial list of cases that best represents the pattern and contains the most detail.

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

Crime patterns are a series of crime treated as one unit of analysis because the crimes share one or more key commonalities that make them notable and distinct, there is no known relationship between victim and offender, and the criminal activity is typically of limited duration.

A spree is a specific type of series characterized by high frequency of criminal activity within a remarkably short time frame, to the extent that the activity appears almost continuous.

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

Which type of crime pattern temporal characteristic is also called a crime "flare-up"?

In a query method, the analyst first uses induction or deduction to look for patterns.