Test Bank for Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping by Rachel Boba Santos| 9781071831427| All Chapters| LATEST

Complete Test Bank for Crime Analysis
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with Crime Mapping 5th Edition
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by Rachel Boba Santos
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All Chapters 1-16| Verified Answers| Latest
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, CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION T T T T T T




MULTIPLE CHOICE
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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 meanings and patterns of
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relationships
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d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime Correct Answer: C
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
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Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
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Difficulty Level: Easy
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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 representation
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b. A set of computer-based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize, query, and analyze geographic
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and tabular data
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c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software provides a framework and
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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 a crime analyst can
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consult it to answer queries
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Correct Answer: D t t




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Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
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Difficulty Level: Medium
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3) Crime mapping is t t




a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial analysis of crime problems
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and other police-related issues
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b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of information
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technologies
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c. The study and practice of making maps
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,d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes which are
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spatially referenced to the earth
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge t t




Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
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Difficulty Level: Easy
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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
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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 early 19th century
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Correct Answer: D
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Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis
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Difficulty Level: Medium
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5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation in policing throughout
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the 1970s?
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a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
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b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
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c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
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d. None of the above Correct Answer: B
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
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Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
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Difficulty Level: Medium
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6) Which of the following did NOT influence crime analysis in the mid- to late 1970s,
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a. Academics emphasizing the importance of criminal events vs. criminality of individuals
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, b. The geographic analysis of crime
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c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) t t t t t t t




d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension t t




Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
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Difficulty Level: Medium
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7) The IACA is
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a. The International Alliance of Criminal Analysis
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b. The Interstate Association of Crime Analysis
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c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
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d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis Association Correct Answer: C
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
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Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis
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Difficulty Level: Easy
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a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place
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b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within different regions and the
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relationship of these levels to sociological factors
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c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
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d. In the US in the early 1900s Correct Answer: B
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
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Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Mapping
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Difficulty Level: Medium
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9) The following is one of the reasons crime mapping started later in the US than in Europe.
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a. The US did not have scholars capable of conducting crime mapping
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