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,CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING (4THEDITION) CHAPTER 1:CRIME
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ANALYSIS 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 ty ty ty ty ty ty




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c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying
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meaningsand patterns of relationships
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d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime Ans:
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Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
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2) A geographic information system (GIS) isall of the following EXCEPT:
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a. A powerful software tool that allows the user to create any kind of geographic
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b. A set of computer-based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize, query,
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and analyze geographic and tabular data
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provides 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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Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
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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
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b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of
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information technologies
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c. The study and practice of making maps ty ty ty ty ty ty




d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated
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attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth
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Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
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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 ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty




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,b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
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d. The first modern police force in London in the early19th century
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Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis
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5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation in
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policing throughout the 1970s?
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a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty




b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
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c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act ty ty ty ty ty




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Ans: B
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Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
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6) Which of the following did NOT influence crime analysis in the mid- to late 1970s,
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c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) ty ty ty ty ty ty ty




d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
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Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
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c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
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d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis Association
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Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis
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a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty




b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within different
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regions andthe relationship of these levels to sociological factors
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c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
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Ans: B
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