Deck 8: Crime Analysis and Crime Mapping

Question 1

Perhaps one of the most significant people in promoting technology in policing was:

A) August Vollmer
B) Ed Davis
C) Cliff Maxus
D) William Parker

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Pin maps have been used since the early days of modern policing. These maps were considered part of:

A) Administrative Crime Analysis
B) Tactical Crime Analysis
C) Strategic Crime Analysis
D) Intelligence Analysis

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The recognition of crime analysis as a formalized process began with the advent of:

A) Community Oriented Policing
B) Team Policing
C) The Integrated Criminal Apprehension Program
D) Intelligence Led Policing

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Modern crime analysis environments include a number of different types of analyses that make up the broader caption of crime analysis. Which of the following is not one of these analysis:

A) Tactical Crime Analysis
B) Strategic Crime Analysis
C) Administrative Crime Analysis
D) Traffic Analysis

Question 5

Intelligence analysis differs from pure crime analysis in that it tends to focus on:

A) Locations of crime
B) Types of crimes
C) Individuals
D) All of the above

Question 6

One extremely popular link analysis software package used in ILD is a package known as:

A) COP LINK
B) CASS
C) POSSE
D) None of the above

Question 7

A base map of a mapping system typically includes which of the following:

A) Beats
B) Reporting Districts
C) Roads
D) All of the above

Question 8

Strategic Crime Analysis focuses on:

A) Short term strategies
B) Long term strategies
C) Both short term and long term strategies
D) Neither long term nor short term strategies

Question 9

When attempting to educate the community on its crime problems the crime analyst is likely to use:

A) Tactical analysis
B) Strategic Analysis
C) Administrative analysis
D) Intelligence analysis

Question 10

Method of Operations (MO) data is typically tied to

A) Tactical analysis
B) Strategic Analysis
C) Administrative analysis
D) Intelligence analysis

Question 11

The community has a significant residential burglary problem that has been worsening for the past 3 years. This would be a problem for:

A) Tactical analysis
B) Strategic Analysis
C) Administrative analysis
D) Intelligence analysis

Question 12

Perhaps the oldest for of crime analysis is:

A) Tactical analysis
B) Strategic Analysis
C) Administrative analysis
D) Intelligence analysis

Question 13

Data from UCR reports typically is used by:

A) Tactical analysis
B) Strategic Analysis
C) Administrative analysis
D) Intelligence analysis

Question 14

In Predictive Policing the computer:

A) Predicts the future
B) Will do everything for you
C) Requires expensive software
D) predict the risk of future events, not the events themselves

Question 15

Data captured by Intelligence units comes from:

A) Surveillance of criminal locations
B) Wiretapping
C) Undercover investigations
D) All of the above

Question 16

Crime analysis has evolved into a focused discipline that utilizes a number of technologies associated with the collection, analysis and dissemination of crime information.

Question 17

Crime Analysis is a new concept in law enforcement.

Question 18

One of the first computerized crime analysis software systems was known as CASS.

Question 19

Intelligence analysis focuses on tactics

Question 20

Tactical Crime Analysis focuses on Crimes in which the offender and the victim do not know one another and on crimes that are predatory in nature.

Question 21

Many of the automated tools that the Strategic Crime Analyst differs from those used by the Tactical Crime Analyst.

Question 22

Through the use of crime analysis police departments have been able to implement proactive policing strategies.

Question 23

Today's computers can predict the future.

Question 24

Criminal intelligence analysis provides information on prolific offenders and organized criminal groups and Crime analysis provides the crime context of the environment in which they offend.