Exam 10: History and Types of Crime Analysis

Although no one quite knows for sure, CompStat may be short for computer statistics or _______.

Police operations analysis describes the study of a police department's _______.

The CompStat program began in the NYPD in 1994

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Crime Mapping Research Center (CMRC) was founded in 1997

In general, strategic crime analysis consists primarily of quantitative analysis of ______________ .

The NIJ started the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center's (NLECTC) Crime Mapping and Analysis Program in order to ______________.

Strategic crime analysis furnishes information concerning long-range problems

Many law enforcement leaders recognized that CompStat could help focus attention and resources on corruption in police departments

The International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA) was founded in 1890

With any type of cross-training for crime analysts who are assigned to work in tactical, real-time situations, the goal is to create a hybrid form of crime analysis

CompStat was not just a regular meeting and a new use of technology, but a larger system of management that contributed to significant changes within the NYPD's organizational structure and culture

In a crisis negotiation, the tactical analyst gathers ______________ through data mining and uses critical thinking.

Examples of administrative crime analysis tasks include grant writing, feasibility studies and ______________.

Crime analysis functions are assigned to one of four classifications: Tactical crime analysis, Strategic crime analysis, Administrative crime analysis and Police operations analysis