Deck 12: Analyzing Problems: Process and Statistics

Question 1

Assaults at a college dormitory is an example of which type of problem behavior and environment:

A)Conflict, residential
B)Consensual, educational
C)Conflict, educational
D)Endangerment, residential

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which step of the SARA process focuses on whether the response(s)to the problem worked?

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

Answer 2

D

Question 3

False burglar alarms at city municipal buildings is an example of which type of problem behavior and environment:

A)Incivilities, educational
B)Misuse of police, offices
C)Incivilities, human service
D)Endangerment, offices

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Theft from vehicle on residential streets is an example of which type of problem behavior and environment:

A)Predatory, residential
B)Predatory, public ways
C)Endangerment, residential
D)Misuse of police, transport

Question 5

Which step of the SARA process focuses on identifying recurring problems of concern to both the public and the police, prioritizing those problems, and selecting problems for closer examination?

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

Question 6

Which step of the SARA process focuses on researching what is known about the specific problem, understanding the local context, and determining how the problem is currently being addressed in that particular jurisdiction?

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

Question 7

The SARA process is important component of both community policing and problem-oriented policing.

Question 8

The value with the highest frequency within a variable is the mode.

Question 9

Which step of the SARA process focuses on understanding the underlying opportunities that foster the crime problem?

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

Question 10

The count of one category divided by the count of all categories of a variable multiplied by 100.

A)Rate
B)Percent
C)Percentile
D)Median

Question 11

Youth hanging out at fast food places is an example of which type of problem behavior and environment:

A)Consensual, retail
B)Incivilities, recreational
C)Endangerment, public ways
D)Incivilities, public ways

Question 12

The 75th percentile is also known as the median.

Question 13

One variable is used to determine the relative difference between values of another variable.

A)Median
B)Standard deviation
C)Rate
D)Crosstabulation

Question 14

Examines frequency of two variables at once.

A)Rate
B)Cross-tabulation
C)Percent
D)Mode

Question 15

SARA stands for Scanning, Assessment, Reliability, and Analysis.

Question 16

Which step of the SARA process focuses on identifying realistic ways to address the problems?

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

Question 17

Which step of the SARA process focuses on confirming that the problem exists and identifying the consequences of the problem?

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

Question 18

For immediate problems, the problem solving process is fairly straightforward as crime analysts assist in identification of repeat incidents and patterns that allow sworn personnel to respond tactically.

Question 19

The number of cases in each category of a variable.

A)Frequency
B)Crosstabulation
C)Percent
D)Mode

Question 20

Robbery at restaurant parking lots is an example of which type of problem behavior and environment:

A)Predatory, recreational
B)Conflict, public ways
C)Conflict, recreational
D)Predatory, public ways

Question 21

Endangerment is one type of behavior.

Question 22

Long-term problems require a long-term approach to both analysis and response, because the problems addressed are more complex.

Question 23

Offender characteristics regulate the targets available, the activities in which people can engage, and who controls a location.

Question 24

The response step of the problem-solving process includes identifying realistic responses from the POP guides, from situational crime prevention techniques, and from what other communities have done successfully, and by brainstorming for new responses

Question 25

The standard deviation is the standardized, average variation of the values from the mean and helps indicate the shape of a data distribution and determine outliers.

Question 26

The analysis step of the problem-solving process begins with researching what is known about the specific problem type and potential responses.It is followed by the scanning of data step.

Question 27

Once a problem is selected, the scanning step includes assessing whether the response has worked.

Question 28

Percentiles are computed from cumulative rates.

Question 29

By specifying the behaviors associated with a problem, the crime analyst can help to pinpoint important aspects of harm, intent, and offender-target relationships

Question 30

The role of crime analysis is the most prominent in the response step than in any other steps in the problem solving process.