TEST BANK FOR CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING 4TH EDITION SANTOS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST UPDATE |2025|

Crime analysis with crime mapping
4th edition by santos [CH 1-16]




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,CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING (4THEDITION) CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYS
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IS AND THE PROFESSION TEST BANK
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1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods
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a. To develop forecasts for future crime events
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b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
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c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying mean
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d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime Ans:
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension ts ts



Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
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Difficulty Level: Easy ts ts




2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
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a. A powerful software tool that allows the user to create any kind of geographic re
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presentation
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based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize, query, and analyze geogra
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c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software provid
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es a framework and templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
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d. A unstructured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer so that
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a crime analyst can consult it to answer queries
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension ts ts



Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
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Difficulty Level: Medium ts ts




3) Crime mapping is ts ts



a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial
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analysis of crime problems and other police-related issues ts ts ts ts ts ts ts



b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of i
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c. The study and practice of making maps ts ts ts ts ts ts



d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated a
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ttributes which are spatially referenced to the earth ts ts ts ts ts ts ts



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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge ts ts



Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
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Difficulty Level: Easy ts ts




4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
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,a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
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, b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
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