Test Bank — Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping, 4th Edition — Rachel Boba Santos — ISBN 9781506331034 — Latest Update 2025/2026 — (All Chapters Covered)

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, Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping, 4th Edition – Test Bank
Rachel Boba Santos



Part I: Foundations of Crime Analysis
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1. Crime Analysis and the Profession
2. Theoretical Foundations of Crime Analysis
3. Evidence-Based Policing and the Role of Crime Analysis
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Part II: Crime Analysis Process, Data, and Purpose
4. Crime Analysis Process and Application
5. Crime Analysis Data and Technology
6. Geographic Data and Crime Mapping
7. Crime Analysis Purpose and Audience
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Part III: Tactical Crime Analysis
8. Repeat Incidents and Tactical Data Collection
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9. Pattern Identification Process
10. Identifying Meaningful and Useful Patterns
11. Describing and Disseminating Known Patterns

Part IV: Strategic Crime Analysis
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12. Analyzing Problems, Process and Statistics
13. Analyzing Problems, Application of Techniques, Part I
14. Analyzing Problems, Application of Techniques, Part II
15. Strategic Crime Analysis Results and Dissemination
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Part V: Administrative Crime Analysis
16. Administrative Crime Analysis: Crime Analysis for Accountability
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, CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING (4THEDITION)
CHAPTER 1: CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PROFESSION TEST BANK

MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1) Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods
a. To develop forecasts for future crime events
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 relationships
d. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
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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
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Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000
Difficulty Level: Medium
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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
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Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Definition of Crime Analysis
Difficulty Level: Easy
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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
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d. In the US in the early 1900s
Ans: B

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