CRIME ANALYSIS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
crime analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅systematic study of crime and disorder problems along with
other police related issues (sociodemographic, spatial, temporal factors) to assist in police
apprehension, crime and disorder reduction, prevention, etc.
qualitative v. quantitative data - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. nonnumerical data for the purpose of
discovering underlying causes of crime.
2. conduct statistical analyses of numerical or categorical data
three types of information crime analysts use - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. sociodemographic:
personal characteristics of individuals and groups (sex, race, income, age, and education)
2. spatial: visual displays of crime and disorder locations and their relationship to other events and
geographic features. examining situations where victims and offenders come together in time and
space.
3. temporal: examination of long term trends of crime and disorder over several years, by season, and
by day of week and time of day.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
geographic information system (GIS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the software tool that allows the
crime analyst to map crime in many different ways, from a simple point map to a three dimensional
visualization of spatial or temporal data. computer based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize,
query, and analyze geographic and tabular data.
crime mapping - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the process of conducting spatial analysis within crime
analysis. the process of using geographic information system to conduct spatial analysis of crime and
disorder problems and other police related issues.
three main functions of crime analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. facilitates visual and statistical
analyses of spatial nature of crime and other types of events
2. allows analysts to link unlike data sources together based on common geographic variables (linking
census data, school info, and crime data for a common area)
, 3. provides maps that hep communicate analysis results
problem oriented policing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- Herman Goldstein
- shifted focus to addressing crime and disorder problems
- problem solving: systematic process within problem oriented policing involving the use of formal
analysis yo provide a comprehensive understanding of crime problems and to develop base line
measures
Compstat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅data and mapping driven police management strategy also used
in other departments in subsequent years
volunteers v. interns - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅V: people who work for the police department
without pay
I: undergraduate or graduate students who work in a police department to obtain practical work
experience and college credit.
environmental criminology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅focuses on the various aspects of "settings" in
which crime occurs
problem analysis triangle - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
rational choice theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅to
recieved CALEA Accreditation, plice agencies are required to have crime analyst capabilities.
Crime Pattern Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅how people come together in space and time within
crime settings. crime events will occur in areas where the activity space of potential offenders overlaps
with the activity space of potential targets/victims.
ANSWERS
crime analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅systematic study of crime and disorder problems along with
other police related issues (sociodemographic, spatial, temporal factors) to assist in police
apprehension, crime and disorder reduction, prevention, etc.
qualitative v. quantitative data - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. nonnumerical data for the purpose of
discovering underlying causes of crime.
2. conduct statistical analyses of numerical or categorical data
three types of information crime analysts use - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. sociodemographic:
personal characteristics of individuals and groups (sex, race, income, age, and education)
2. spatial: visual displays of crime and disorder locations and their relationship to other events and
geographic features. examining situations where victims and offenders come together in time and
space.
3. temporal: examination of long term trends of crime and disorder over several years, by season, and
by day of week and time of day.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
geographic information system (GIS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the software tool that allows the
crime analyst to map crime in many different ways, from a simple point map to a three dimensional
visualization of spatial or temporal data. computer based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize,
query, and analyze geographic and tabular data.
crime mapping - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the process of conducting spatial analysis within crime
analysis. the process of using geographic information system to conduct spatial analysis of crime and
disorder problems and other police related issues.
three main functions of crime analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. facilitates visual and statistical
analyses of spatial nature of crime and other types of events
2. allows analysts to link unlike data sources together based on common geographic variables (linking
census data, school info, and crime data for a common area)
, 3. provides maps that hep communicate analysis results
problem oriented policing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- Herman Goldstein
- shifted focus to addressing crime and disorder problems
- problem solving: systematic process within problem oriented policing involving the use of formal
analysis yo provide a comprehensive understanding of crime problems and to develop base line
measures
Compstat - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅data and mapping driven police management strategy also used
in other departments in subsequent years
volunteers v. interns - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅V: people who work for the police department
without pay
I: undergraduate or graduate students who work in a police department to obtain practical work
experience and college credit.
environmental criminology - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅focuses on the various aspects of "settings" in
which crime occurs
problem analysis triangle - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
rational choice theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅to
recieved CALEA Accreditation, plice agencies are required to have crime analyst capabilities.
Crime Pattern Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅how people come together in space and time within
crime settings. crime events will occur in areas where the activity space of potential offenders overlaps
with the activity space of potential targets/victims.
