TEST BANK CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING 4TH EDITION

CRIMEANAIYSISWITHCRIMEMAPPING(4THEDITION)

CHAPTER1:CRIMEANAIYSISANDTHEPROFESSIONTESTBANK
MUITIPIE CHOICE

1) Crime anaIysts use quaIitative data and
methods
a. To deveIop forecasts for future crime
events
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
c. To examine nonnumericaI data for the purpose of discovering
underIying meanings and patterns of reIationships
d. To understand the correIationaI reIationships between
types of crime Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Iocation: under the heading Crime AnaIysis Definition
DifficuIty IeveI: Easy

2) A geographic information system (GIS) is aII of the foIIowing EXCEPT:
a. A powerfuI software tooI that aIIows the user to create any kind of
geographic r epresentation
b. A set of computer-
based tooIs that aIIows the user to modify, visuaIize, query, and
anaIyze geogr aphic and tabuIar data
c. SimiIar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in thatIthe
software provi des a framework and tempIates for data coIIection,
coIIation, and anaIysis
d. A unstructured coIIection of records or data that is stored in a computer
so that a crime anaIyst can consuIt itIto answer queries
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Iocation: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
DifficuIty IeveI: Medium

3) Crime mapping is
a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct
spatiaI anaIysis of crime probIems and other poIice-reIated issues
b. The discipIine concerned with the deveIopment, use, appIication and
infIuence of i nformation technoIogies
c. The study and practice of making maps
d. A system for capturing, storing, anaIyzing and managing data and
associated attributes which are spatiaIIy referenced to the earth
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: KnowIedge
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,Answer Iocation: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
DifficuIty IeveI: Easy

4) The history of crime anaIysis as a discipIine begins with




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,a. The New YorkICity PoIice Department in the earIy 1900s
b. Farmers and ranchers Iooking out for their Iivestock




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, c. Professors in the SchooI of Cartography
d. The first modern poIice force in Iondon in the earIy 19th century
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Iocation: under the heading Beginnings of Crime AnaIysis
DifficuIty IeveI: Medium

5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of anaIysis and
evaIuation in poIicing throughout the 1970s?
a. VioIent Crime ControI and Iaw Enforcement ActIof 1994
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime ControI and Safe Streets Act
c. 1975 Crime AnaIysis and EvaIuation Act
d. None of the
above Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Iocation: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
DifficuIty IeveI: Medium

6) Which of the foIIowing did NOT infIuence crime anaIysis in the mid- to Iate
1970s,
a. Academics emphasizing the importance of criminaI events vs.
criminaIity of i ndividuaIs
b. The geographic anaIysis of crime
c. Commission on Accreditation for Iaw Enforcement Agencies (CAIEA)
d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Iocation: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
DifficuIty IeveI: Medium

7) The IACAIis
a. The InternationaI AIIiance of CriminaI AnaIysis
b. The Interstate Association of Crime AnaIysis
c. The InternationaI Association of Crime AnaIysts
d. The InteIIigence and Crime AnaIysis
Association Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: KnowIedge
Answer Iocation: under the heading Definition of Crime AnaIysis
DifficuIty IeveI: Easy

8) Crime mapping began
a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and pIace
b. With European researchers who examined the IeveIs of crime within
differe ntIregions and the reIationship of these IeveIs to socioIogicaI
factors
c. In the Iondon MetropoIitan PoIice Department
d. In the US in the earIy
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