Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping (4th Edition) by Santos – Complete Test Bank

,CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING (4THEDITION)
CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION TEST BANK

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime events
b. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
c. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying
meanings and patterns of relationships
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
Difficulty Level: Easy

2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:
a. A powerful software tool that allows the user to create any kind of geographic
representation
b. A set of computer-based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize, query,
and analyze geographic and tabular data
c. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software
provides a framework and templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
d. A unstructured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer so
that a crime analyst can consult it to answer queries
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
Difficulty Level: Medium

3) Crime mapping is
a. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial
analysis of crime problems and other police-related issues
b. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of
information technologies
c. The study and practice of making maps
d. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated
attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping
Difficulty Level: Easy

4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with
a. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
b. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock

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, c. Professors in the School of Cartography
d. The first modern police force in London in the early 19th century
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis
Difficulty Level: Medium

5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation in
policing throughout the 1970s?
a. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
b. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
c. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
d. None of the above
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium

6) Which of the following did NOT influence crime analysis in the mid- to late 1970s,
a. Academics emphasizing the importance of criminal events vs. criminality of
individuals
b. The geographic analysis of crime
c. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
d. New York City’s COMPSTAT
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium

7) The IACA is
a. The International Alliance of Criminal Analysis
b. The Interstate Association of Crime Analysis
c. The International Association of Crime Analysts
d. The Intelligence and Crime Analysis Association
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis
Difficulty Level: Easy

8) Crime mapping began
a. With researchers in the 1970s who emphasized crime and place
b. With European researchers who examined the levels of crime within
different regions and the relationship of these levels to sociological factors
c. In the London Metropolitan Police Department
d. In the US in the early 1900s
Ans: B

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, Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Mapping
Difficulty Level: Medium

9) The following is one of the reasons crime mapping started later in the US than in
Europe.
a. The US did not have scholars capable of conducting crime mapping
b. The US was a relatively new country and reliable maps were not readily
available
c. Europe’s technology was much more advanced earlier than the US
d. None of the above
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United Sates: 1900-1970
Difficulty Level: Medium

10) Crime mapping was a very important component of the development of which
criminology theoretical tradition:
a. Criminal analysis theory
b. Social disorganization theory
c. Differential association theory
d. Geographic information theory
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States: 1900-1970
Difficulty Level: Medium

11) In the 1970s, what had a large impact on the development of crime mapping:
a. Significant improvements in data and technology
b. Significant grant funding
c. The shift of focus from the criminal to the criminal event
d. Problem-oriented policing
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: under the heading United States: 1970-2000
Difficulty Level: Hard

12) Crime analysts today are concerned with all BUT the following:
a. Becoming sworn members of the police agency
b. Availability of relevant training and education
c. Availability of data that are adequate in both quantity and quality
d. Ability to communicate with other crime analysts in neighboring jurisdictions
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: under the heading United States: 1970-2000
Difficulty Level: Hard

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