TEST BANK FOR CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING, 4TH EDITION BY RACHEL BOBA SANTOS | 9781506331034 | LATEST

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,Test bank

Crime analysis

with crime mapping

4th edition by

santos
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,CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING (4THEDITION) CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYS
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IS AND THE PROFESSION TEST BANK
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MULTIPLE CHOICE N3




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 an
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d patterns of relationships
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d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime Ans: C
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension N3 N3




Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
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Difficulty Level: Easy N3 N3




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 repres
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entation
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based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize, query, and analyze geographic a
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nd tabular data N3 N3




c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software provides a f
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ramework and templates for data collection, collation, and analysis N3 N3 N3 N3 N3 N3 N3 N3




d. A unstructured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer so that a crim
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e analyst can consult it to answer queries
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Ans: D
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension N3 N3




Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
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Difficulty Level: Medium N3 N3




3) Crime mapping is N3 N3




a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial analysis
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of crime problems and other police-related issues
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b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of inform
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c. The study and practice of making maps N3 N3 N3 N3 N3 N3




d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attribu
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tes which are spatially referenced to the earth
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Ans: A
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Cognitive Domain: Knowledge N3 N3




Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
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Difficulty Level: Easy N3 N3




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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