Exam 14: Evidence-Based and Intelligence-Led Policing

Predictive policing is based on the fact that a majority of crime is not random.

Geographic information systems electronically store information such as crime reports, arrest reports, traffic citations, and/or other police-citizen contacts.

______ is the primary method of predictive policing.

This term was first known as police-researcher-partnerships and has now evolved to describe the initiative of police organizations to incorporate technology into their operations to reduce crime.

When research is conducted in police departments, it is usually police officers who are either the subjects of the research or are the ones who are expected to carry out the research procedures.

One of the biggest hurdles to crime analysis reaching its true potential is ______.

Intelligence-led policing has a predictive element which focuses on ______.

An important difference between intelligence-led policing and geospatial crime analysis is ______.

CompStat was introduced in Philadelphia in 1967 by Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo.

Some places are more likely to experience more crime than other places.

Identify the strengths and limitations of COMPSTAT.

______ is maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is the largest crime information network in the United States.

Men are more likely to commit crime than women.

Basing police policy on research evidence is universally accepted as the most important consideration in policy-making.

Should police policy decisions be based on research findings?

______ collect, analyze, and interpret crime data.

Define what the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance intended with the term "smart policing" and discuss the reasons why the smart policing initiative (now: Strategies for Police Innovation) was created in 2009.

Identify the focus of intelligence-led policing and explain the benefits of this approach.

Geospatial crime analysis is most directly focused on which aspect of crime?

______ involves the collection and analysis of data pertaining to criminal incidents.