Deck 16: Administrative Crime Analysis: Crime Analysis for Accountability

Question 1

The desire to decrease violent crime in a city by implementing particular strategies is an example of:

A)Success Indicator
B)Performance Indicator
C)Crime reduction goal
D)Baseline

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which is used to determine whether the agency has met the percent reduction it set out at goal development?

A)Success Indicator Products
B)Performance Indicator Products
C)Performance Strategies Products
D)Performance Baselines Products

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which is a bar chart of each location, area, or offender, with crime counts for the most current six months compared to the same six months in the previous year?

A)Crime pattern trend map
B)Monthly histogram
C)Problem Comparison Chart
D)Crime and Disorder Trend Chart

Answer 3

C

Question 4

For which kind of meeting should analysts NOT spend time creating products that show weekly or monthly counts of crime?

A)Weekly
B)Monthly
C)Both A and B
D)Neither A or B

Question 5

Which product is used to determine whether patterns themselves are clustering over time and becoming larger, long-term problem areas?

A)Crime pattern trend map
B)Monthly histogram
C)Monthly trend chart
D)Crime and Disorder Trend Chart

Question 6

Which of these is analysis directed to the needs of police agencies, its' government, and its' community?

A)Crime Analysis
B)Tactical Crime Analysis
C)COMPSTAT
D)Administrative Crime Analysis

Question 7

What are the types of accountability meetings?

A)Daily, Weekly, Yearly
B)Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly
C)Daily, Weekly, Monthly
D)Monthly and Yearly

Question 8

Data used for assessment of agency goals come from a variety of sources except:

A)Documentation of crime reduction strategies
B)Community recommendations
C)Comparison data from neighboring jurisdictions
D)Operational data on costs of personnel time and equipment

Question 9

"35% decrease" is an example of:

A)Success Indicator
B)Performance Indicator
C)Strategies
D)Baseline

Question 10

Which type of accountability meeting examines long-term trends?

A)Weekly
B)Monthly
C)Both A and B
D)Neither A or B

Question 11

Every 12 months, a monthly meeting is used for evaluation-oriented accountability for the entire organization

Question 12

Once an agency's goals are formulated, the crime analyst develops their crime reduction strategies and the police department conducts tactical and strategic crime analysis to guide and support them.

Question 13

According to the book, accountability refers:

A)The process by why analyst are held responsible for their conclusions
B)The process by which police personal are held responsible for implementing strategies to reduce crime and disorder in the community
C)It doesn't mean anything
D)The process by which the community is held responsible for implementing strategies as a unit

Question 14

The purpose of which product is to monitor crime reduction efforts for one type of activity over the last six months in comparison to the same time last year and accounts for seasonal changes?

A)Weekly pie chart
B)Monthly histogram
C)Monthly trend chart
D)Annual pie chart

Question 15

Which kind of products would be created to assess whether crime reduction strategies have been implemented successfully and have been cost effective?

A)Success Indicator Products
B)Performance Indicator Products
C)Performance Strategies Products
D)Performance Baselines Products

Question 16

Crime reduction accountability processes in a police organization center on creating realistic expectations, systematically reviewing the progress of crime reduction activities, documenting the work being done, and evaluating the success of crime reduction efforts at each level

Question 17

Number of directed patrol hours in patterns and problem areas is an example of a:

A)Success Indicator
B)Performance Indicator
C)Strategies
D)Baseline

Question 18

After crime reduction strategies are complete, an agency creates a "purpose and goals statement" for its crime reduction activities so know what they should do in the future.

Question 19

Crime analysts should spend time creating products that show weekly or monthly counts of crime for weekly meetings.

Question 20

Crime analysis plays a significant role in the crime reduction accountability process just as in what problem-solving process?

A)SARA
B)Community Policing
C)COMPSTAT
D)None of the above

Question 21

Identify and address repeat offenders is an example of strategies.

Question 22

Weekly comparison maps help police leaders visualize long-term changes in activity by geographic area.

Question 23

A combination bar and line chart can be created for the most recent six months showing a selected crime by month and an average per month for the last five years

Question 24

The baseline is the initial measurement of the success indicator.

Question 25

Identify and respond to patterns (short-term)is an example of a baseline.

Question 26

Daily and weekly meetings are action oriented because they are used to ensure that police personnel are responding (i.e., the "action")immediately, collaboratively, and appropriately.

Question 27

A monthly meeting usually focuses on accountability within patrol districts to make it clear that commanders are held accountable for their specific geographic area or division.

Question 28

Because crime analysts are conducting action-oriented products every day, there are only a handful of products that would be created specifically for a weekly accountability meeting and those produce focus on response, not on weekly crime or calls for service counts and statistics.

Question 29

The crime reduction goal is not the desired outcome and is generally stated.

Question 30

Problem areas don't need to be defined at different scales.