Deck 13: Criminal Intelligence and Crime Analysis

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a recommendation of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan?

A) Guidelines for legally collecting and maintaining information
B) Recommendations for training analytical personnel
C) Recommended compensation for law enforcement analysts
D) Recommendations for intelligence sharing

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a step in the POP model of policing (SARA)?

A) Scanning
B) Reaction
C) Analysis
D) Assessment

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In conducting a CrIA, the agent seeks to answer three questions. Of the following, which is NOT one of those questions?

A) What aspect of the crime potentially provides insight to the perpetrator?
B) Where would this type of crime typically be committed?
C) Why did the perpetrator act in this particular way?
D) Who would have acted in this manner?

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Of the following statements about CrIA, which is true?

A) CrIA alone rarely solves a crime
B) Law enforcement agencies are beginning to rely solely on CrIA to solve crime
C) CrIA is a brand new tool to solve crime
D) None of the above are true

Question 5

Law enforcement agencies from throughout the United States submit both solved and unsolved suspected serial cases to:

A) COMPSTAT
B) IALEIA
C) RISS
D) ViCAP

Question 6

In the 1920s, many local police departments had what were termed ______________________to keep an eye on Communists, anarchists, and political dissidents.

A) COINTELPRO Squads
B) Political Squads
C) Red Squads
D) Anti-Communist Task Forces
E) None of the above

Question 7

Some critics, like U.S. Appeals Court Judge and terrorism expert Richard Posner, argue that terrorism duties should be removed from the FBI and placed in the hands of a new domestic intelligence agency, such as Britain's _____________.

A) MI-5
B) MI-6
C) SAS
D) Anti-Terrorism Defence Force
E) None of the above

Question 8

Define criminal intelligence and crime analysis. How are they alike? How are they different?

Question 9

The text states that the NYPD has embraced intelligence more than any other agency. What sets NYPD apart from other law enforcement agencies? How is it similar to federal intelligence agencies?

Question 10

What are the four functions of crime analysis?

Question 11

Explain "hot spot."

Question 12

List and define the four steps of POP, known as SARA.

Question 13

What is the federal statute that defines the rules that police departments receiving federal funds must follow when conducting criminal intelligence operations? In your own words, explain three of these rules.

Question 14

Describe the different models of policing: COP, POP, COMPSTAT, and intelligence-led policing. What are the similarities of these models? What are the differences?

Question 15

List and explain the three intelligence initiatives that involved state and local law enforcement that were already in place before 9/11.

Question 16

The concept of intelligence-led policing was created long before 9/11. However, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. hesitated to adopt this model. Why?

Question 17

Intelligence was not a top priority for local law enforcement prior to 9/11. What was their main focus at the time, and how has it shifted today?

Question 18

Explain the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan. Why was it created, and why is it important to law enforcement agencies?