Exam 2 - Crime Analysis

GIS stands for

Geographic information system

GIS utilizes what kind of data

Vector data

Geocoding and coordinate systems are 2 major ways one put can locations of GIS map

True

What type of mapping uses individual symbols

Single-symbol map

What common method of crime mapping is used to illustrate concentrations of crime and disorder

Density maps

Repeat incidents occur when there are clusters of calls for service at one location

True

A CAD system is used by police departments to ______

All of the above

CAD is an acronym for “command and dispatch”

False

Call for service data represents individuals calls from beginning to end

True

Call for service data is generated in different ways

• Officer generated

• Citizen generated

Officer generated calls for service tend to be more important than citizen generated

False

What data is most often used by an analysts to determine the nature of a call for service

Call type

Repeat incidents are always associated with long term problem locations

False

Crime analysts track repeat incidents to _______

All of the above

Most citizen generated calls for service result in an official police report

False

Standard practice in tactical crime analysis organizes characteristics into what categories

All of the above

Modus Operandi = method of crime

True

A series crime pattern is described as

A group of similar crimes thought to be committed by the same person or group of people

Prey crime pattern is

Crimes committed by one or more individuals with similar characteristics

Micro-time hotspot crime pattern is

Over a short period of time and at locations within close to eachother

Hot place crime pattern

One or more individuals are the same location

Hot setting crime pattern is

Similar types of locations

Hot product crime pattern is

Targeting a unique type of item

What general methodologies are used by analysts when identifying a crime pattern using the matrix method along with content analysis

• Deduction

• Induction

What is the most common type of pattern

Micro time hot spot

Key components of a micro time hot spot

All of the above

What steps are followed when finalizing a crime pattern

• principle case

• additional related cases

• cases in pattern

Crime analysts rarely include investigative leads or field intelligence with crime patterns

False

What info is important for modus operandi (MO)

• Method of entry

• Suspect actions

Crime pattern analysts falls into what category of analysis

Tactical analysis

Crime bulletins are typical used for ______

Crime patterns

Crime bulletins fall under what type of analysis

Tactical

Crime bulletins should be brief

True

Including predictions of future crime incidents in bulletins

False

Maps of crime pattern bulletins should include

• known offender

• numbered

• radius

What type of response is directed patrol

Place-based

What type of response is surveillance

Person-focused

What type of response are sting/bait operations

Person-focused

What type of response is contacting victim directly

Community-based

What type of response is providing crime pattern info to the public

Community-based

Crime analyst are directly responsible for implementing crime pattern responses

False

Crime analysts evaluate the effectiveness of crime pattern responses by ________

Continuing to look for new crimes related to the original pattern

A crime pattern response may not be working if new crimes occur in the pattern

True

Crime pattern can be considered closed when

There are no additional crimes within the pattern

Updating the bulletin is often the same as amending a bulletin

False

Crime patterns are often displaced

False

Administrative crime analysis involves

Administrative needs

Tactical

Short term

Strategic

Long term

80/20

True