Deck 10: History and Types of Crime Analysis

Question 1

The term "crime analysis" was first used by O.W. Wilson in 1963

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The concept of analyzing crime is new and probably was not used at all before the 21^st century

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Between 1973 and 1977, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) published a series of manuals on crime analysis

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The acronym SARA has to do with problem-oriented policing

Question 5

The International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA) was founded in 1890

Question 6

The IACA has developed a Certified Law Enforcement Analyst (CLEA) credential that has been available since 2005

Question 7

The CompStat program began in the NYPD in 1994

Question 8

CompStat is short for computational static.

Question 9

In 1994, the CompStat program began in the NYP

Question 10

The most widely recognized element of CompStat is its regularly occurring meetings where police department executives and officers discuss and analyze crime problems

Question 11

CompStat was not just a regular meeting and a new use of technology, but a larger system of management that contributed to significant changes within the NYPD's organizational structure and culture

Question 12

Many law enforcement leaders recognized that CompStat could help focus attention and resources on corruption in police departments

Question 13

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Crime Mapping Research Center (CMRC) was founded in 1997

Question 14

Thew CMRC is now called the Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety Program (MAPS) and it supports research that helps agencies use geographic information systems (GIS) to enhance public safety.

Question 15

Crime analysis functions are assigned to one of four classifications: Tactical crime analysis, Strategic crime analysis, Administrative crime analysis and Police operations analysis

Question 16

Tactical crime analysis is yearly identification and analysis of emerging or existing crime patterns

Question 17

With any type of cross-training for crime analysts who are assigned to work in tactical, real-time situations, the goal is to create a hybrid form of crime analysis

Question 18

Strategic crime analysis furnishes information concerning long-range problems

Question 19

Although the term crime analysis might not have been used prior to O.W. Wilson's use of it in 1963, it seems likely that the practice of crime analysis actually goes back to the _______.

A) 15^th century
B) 17^th century
C) 18^th century
D) 19^th century

Question 20

The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), between 1973 and 1977, published a series of manuals on ______________ .

A) Crime analysis
B) Map pinning
C) Data mining with hand-held iPhones
D) CompStat

Question 21

Problem-oriented policing is a policing strategy developed by ______________.

A) August Vollmer
B) J. Edgar Hoover
C) Herman Goldstein
D) Robert Peale

Question 22

Problem-oriented policing is a policing strategy that involves the identification and analysis of specific crime and disorder problems in order to ______________ .

A) Bring about more arrests
B) Develop effective response strategies
C) Jail more offenders
D) Eliminate prostitution

Question 23

Goldstein's model for problem-oriented policing was expanded in 1987 by John E. Eck and William Spelman into the _______.

A) FBI model for crime prevention
B) Data mining model for crime analysis
C) SARA model for problem-solving
D) Human genome project

Question 24

The International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA) was founded in ______________ .

A) 1981
B) 1990
C) 2001
D) 2010

Question 25

The IACA offers an annual training conference which features training in _______ and policing topics.

A) Forensic science
B) Judicial decision making
C) Cognitive bias in policing
D) Crime analysis

Question 26

Since 2005, the IACA has offered a ______________.

A) Certified Law Enforcement Analyst (CLEA) credential
B) Degree in Advanced DNA testing
C) Master's degree in problem-oriented policing
D) Certified FBI Special Agent title

Question 27

The CompStat program began in the NYPD in 1994 and was created by ______________.

A) Herman Goldstein
B) Rudy Giuliani
C) Jack Maple
D) August Vollmer

Question 28

Although no one quite knows for sure, CompStat may be short for computer statistics or _______.

A) Comparative geometry
B) Comparative chemistry
C) Comparative statistics
D) Quantitative physics

Question 29

CompStat is a performance management system that is used to reduce crime and achieve ______________.

A) Other police department goals
B) Rapid deployment of military troops
C) Quick dispatching of SWAT teams
D) A comprehensive stop and frisk program

Question 30

CompStat has four generally recognized core components; they are Timely and accurate information or intelligence, Rapid deployment of resources, Effective tactics and ______________,

A) Stop and frisk
B) Harassment of minorities
C) Relentless follow-up
D) Aggressive traffic stops

Question 31

The most widely recognized element of CompStat is its ______________ where department executives and officers discuss and analyze crime problems and strategies.

A) Line ups
B) Regularly occurring meetings
C) Town hall meetings
D) Private inquisitions

Question 32

Under the direction of NYPD deputy commissioner Jack Maple, the NYPD began to make use of their own crime statistics and to track indicators of problems, such as the locations of _______.

A) Broken windows
B) Bars where bribes are handed out
C) Crime victims and gun arrests
D) Maps with pins

Question 33

Because of the influence of CompStat, ______________have become almost every police department's bottom line; ______________are the best indicator of how the police are doing precinct by precinct and citywide.

A) Crime statistics
B) Profits
C) Citizen complaints
D) Police shootings

Question 34

With the advent of CompStat in New York City, from 1993 to 1998 homicides, burglaries and robberies ______________.

A) All increased by 25%
B) All declined by more than 50%
C) All increased by 10%
D) All declined by just 10%

Question 35

Following its success in New York, many police departments around the U.S. began using ______________.

A) Data mining
B) Budget management
C) Internal audits
D) CompStat

Question 36

As many police departments began to implement CompStat, CompStat also proved to be a helpful tool to demonstrate that police resources are ______________.

A) Spread throughout the city
B) Monitored and used effectively
C) Scrutinized by city officials
D) Ineffective

Question 37

Some police departments use CompStat to assess overtime, budgets, use of force, citizen complaints and ______________.

A) Other measures of police work
B) Sick leave requests
C) Corrupt practices
D) Measurements of PTSD

Question 38

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Crime Mapping Research Center (CMRC) was founded in ______________ .

A) 1977
B) 1988
C) 1997
D) 2009

Question 39

The NIJ's Crime Mapping Research Center (CMRC) is now called: _______.

A) The Cartography Center (CC)
B) The Mapping with Pins Center (MPC)
C) The Mapping Center for Great Maps (MPCGM)
D) The Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety Program (MAPS)

Question 40

The Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety Program (MAPS) supports research that helps agencies use ______________.

A) Geographic information systems (GIS)
B) Data mining
C) CompStat
D) Media resources

Question 41

The NIJ started the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center's (NLECTC) Crime Mapping and Analysis Program in order to ______________.

A) Teach people to read map
B) Link research with practice
C) Teach aspects of using map analysis
D) Document officers' use of maps

Question 42

Usually, crime analysis functions are assigned to one of four classifications; those classifications are Tactical crime analysis, Strategic crime analysis, Administrative crime analysis and _______.

A) Police SWAT team analysis
B) Algorithm analysis
C) Police-community relationship analysis
D) Police operations analysis

Question 43

Tactical crime analysis describes the daily identification and analysis of ______________.

A) Police tactics
B) Emerging or existing crime patterns
C) Sex crimes
D) Healthcare fraud

Question 44

One goal of tactical crime analysis is ______________.

A) Working with the public to identify neighborhood problems
B) Linking protests with gun owners
C) Linking cases together and identifying crime patterns and trends
D) Working with protest groups to identify their concerns

Question 45

In order to be a valuable member of a crisis management team, a tactical analyst needs to have an understanding and working knowledge of _______.

A) Crisis management protocol
B) Gang symbols
C) Sleeper cells
D) Terrorist groups

Question 46

Because crime analysts are primarily civilians who, unlike their law enforcement partners, have not been trained to multitask during a real-time crisis, it is valuable to incorporate ______________.

A) SWAT teams in analyst training
B) The analyst into regular trainings
C) Police commanders into training classes
D) Practice training with public presentations

Question 47

In a crisis negotiation, the tactical analyst gathers ______________ through data mining and uses critical thinking.

A) Phone numbers
B) Theoretical background on negotiations
C) Information
D) Names of unstable citizens

Question 48

With any type of cross-training for crime analysts who are assigned to work in tactical, real-time situations, the goal is to create a hybrid form of crime analysis that ______________.

A) Merges the traditional skills of the crime analyst with the investigative skill set of a sworn investigator
B) Allows crime analysts to work in other jobs
C) Merges the duties of crime analysts with those of the traffic officer
D) Allows command officers to fill in as crime analysts

Question 49

Strategic crime analysis furnishes information concerning ______________ problems.

A) Short-range
B) Past
C) Long-range
D) Future

Question 50

In general, strategic crime analysis consists primarily of quantitative analysis of ______________ .

A) Aggregate data
B) Math problems
C) Data from public surveys
D) Interviews with police cadets

Question 51

Strategic crime analysis can provide information for ______________purposes.

A) Deployment of SWAT teams
B) Drug raid
C) Search warrant
D) Resource allocation

Question 52

Police operations analysis describes the study of a police department's _______.

A) Internal audits
B) Policies and practices
C) Annual field day
D) Use of force

Question 53

Administrative crime analysis concerns itself with the presentation of interesting findings of crime ______________.

A) Stories
B) Cold cases
C) Research and analysis
D) Anecdotes

Question 54

Examples of administrative crime analysis tasks include grant writing, feasibility studies and ______________.

A) The preparation of special research projects
B) The publication of an annual publicity calendar
C) The preparation of a list of salaries of police officers
D) The publication of true crime stories