df df df df
4th editionbysantos [CH1-16]
df df df df df
1
,CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING (5THEDITION) CHAPTER 1:CRIME
df df df df df d f df df df
ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION TEST BANK
df df df df df df df
MULTIPLE CHOICE df
1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods df df df df df df
a. To develop forecasts for future crime events df df df df df df
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime df df df df df df
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying
df df df df df df df df df df df
meanings and patterns of relationships
d f df df df df
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime
df d f df df df df df df df df
dAns: C
f df
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension df df
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
df df df df df df df
Difficulty Level: Easy df df
2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
df df df df df df df df df df
a. A powerful software tool that allows the user to create any kind of geographic
df df df df df df df df df df df df df
representation d f
b. A set of computer-based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize, query,
df df df df df df df df df df df df
and analyze geographic and tabular data
d f df df df df df
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software df df df df df df df df df df df
provides a framework and templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
d f df df df df df df df df df df
d. A unstructured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer so that
df df df df df df df df df df df df df df df d f
a crime analyst can consult it to answer queries
df df df df df df df df df
Ans: D df
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension df df
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
df df df df df df df df df df
Difficulty Level: Medium df df
3) Crime mapping is df df
a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial
df df df df df df df df df df
analysis of crime problems and other police-related issues
d f df df df df df df df
b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of
df df df df df df df df df df
information technologies
d f df
c. The study and practice of making maps df df df df df df
d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated
df df df df df df df df df df
attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth
d f df df df df df df df
Ans: A df
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge df df
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
df df df df df df df df df df
Difficulty Level: Easy df df
4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
df df df df df df df df df
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s df df df df df df df df df
1
,b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
df df df df df df df
1
, c. Professors in the School of Cartography df df df df df
d. The first modern police force in London in the early 19th century
df df df df df df df df df df df df df
Ans: Ddf
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension df df
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis
df df df df df df df df
Difficulty Level: Medium df df
5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation in
df df df df df df df df df df df df
policing throughout the 1970s?
d f df df df
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 df df df df df df df df
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
df df df df df df df df df
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act df df df df df
d. None of the above df df df
Ans: B
d f df
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension df df
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
df df df df df df df df
Difficulty Level: Medium df df
6) Which of the following did NOT influence crime analysis in the mid- to late 1970s,
df df df df df df df df df df df df df df
a. Academics emphasizing the importance of criminal events vs. criminality of df df df df df df df df df
individuals d f
b. The geographic analysis of crime df df df df
c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) df df df df df df df
d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
df df df df df
Ans: Ddf
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension df df
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
df df df df df df df df
Difficulty Level: Medium df df
7) The IACA is df df
a. The International Alliance of Criminal Analysis df df df df df
b. The Interstate Association of Crime Analysis df df df df df
c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
df d f df df df df df
d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis Association
df d f df df df df df
Ans: C
d f df
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge df df
Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis
df df df df df df df df
Difficulty Level: Easy df df
8) Crime mapping began df df
a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place df df df df df df df df df
b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within different
d f df df df df df df df df df d f
regions and the relationship of these levels to sociological factors
df df df df df df df df df df
c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
df df df df df
d. In the US in the early 1900s df df df df df df
Ans: B
d f df
1