Exam 5: Crime Analysis Data

A call for service is defined when an officer is dispatched to an incident.

Arrest reports are a key source for obtaining particular information about arrests across the U.S.

The characteristics of a person fleeing from custody after an attempted government arrest is stored into a records management system (RMS)by the police agency.

Each agency has the same policies and procedures for recording activity

Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)is the smallest division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation but serves as the central repository of their crime services and programs.

Many police agencies often find off-the-shelf software to be a good fit with their data, analysis, and presentation needs, so they hire computer experts to customize existing software or create new software that provides the crime analysis functionality they require

Crime analysts obtain secondary data from three main kinds of data collection and storage systems: computer-aided dispatch systems, records management systems, and geographic data systems.

All of the following are examples of primary data except:

Crime analysis is a discipline that does not rely heavily on computer technology.

Accident (or crash)data are typically recorded in standardized ways dictated by state laws.

Where would you find witness statements of last seen characteristics of an individual on a particular missing person case in the United States?

Which software is used in crime analysis for data collation and analysis?

Which of the following is NOT a data integrity concern in crime analysis?

Crime analysts most frequently use four types of secondary data: data on crime incidents, arrests, calls for service, and convictions.

Tabular data describe events that are inherently geographic and may contain geographic variables.

A data entry and storage system designed especially for police records.

Which centralized computer systems' goal is to provide specific users with a streamlined process for accessing and searching data with common terms?

Secondary data are data that have been collected for purposes of crime analysis which are housed in databases.

Data about the geographic features associated with crime and other activity into geographic information systems for analysis purposes.

Which nationally based classification system develops reliable information about crime reported to law enforcement that can be used by law enforcement as well as by criminologists, sociologists, legislators, municipal planners, and the media for a variety of research and planning purposes?