Deck 7: Crime Analysis Purpose and Audience

Question 1

A chart showing the amount of crime on year before and after a crime prevention response is an example of which purpose, problem type and audience?

A)Crime reduction, short-term, command
B)Crime reduction, long-term, command
C)Crime reduction, immediate, management
D)Situational awareness, long-term, command

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which type of audience in the crime analysis typology refers officers, corporals and sergeants?

A)Operational personnel
B)Management personnel
C)Command personnel
D)Civilian personnel

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Analysis results for crime reduction are

A)Results are created to report facts
B)Do not present conclusions about what the facts mean
C)Created with the intention of guiding police in implementing specific strategies for crime reduction
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Information provided to a variety of audiences for situational awareness should be automated as much as possible.

Question 5

Situational awareness is

A)The development of a perception of the environment in which a person works
B)Referred to as "information"
C)Provide details about individual incidents or aggregate counts
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 6

A chart depicting the crime rate comparison for the city and the state over the last 20 years is an example of which purpose, problem type and audience?

A)Situational awareness, long-term, command
B)Crime reduction, long-term, command
C)Situational awareness, immediate, command
D)Situational awareness, short-term, management

Question 7

A list of calls for service occurring at an apartment complex in one day is an example of which purpose, problem type and audience?

A)Situational awareness, immediate, command
B)Situational awareness, long-term, operational
C)Situational awareness, immediate, operational
D)Crime reduction, immediate, management

Question 8

Which type of audience in the crime analysis typology refers chief or sheriff, deputy chiefs, majors, and in some cases captains?

A)Operational personnel
B)Management personnel
C)Command personnel
D)Civilian personnel

Question 9

A daily roll call report that contains analytical results as well as direction for officer response for that shift is an example of which purpose, problem type and audience?

A)Crime reduction, immediate, command
B)Crime reduction, short-term, management
C)Crime reduction, immediate, operational
D)Situational awareness, immediate, operational

Question 10

Which type of audience in the crime analysis typology refers to line-level officers and first-line supervisors?

A)Operational personnel
B)Management personnel
C)Command personnel
D)Civilian personnel

Question 11

Which type of audience in the crime analysis typology refers to those who serve as the leadership of the police organization?

A)Operational personnel
B)Management personnel
C)Command personnel
D)Civilian personnel

Question 12

The two distinct purposes of crime analysis results within the crime analysis typology are:

A)Apprehend criminals and evaluate crime prevention programs
B)Facilitate data entry and guide offender apprehension
C)Guide crime reduction and aid situational awareness
D)Reduce opportunities and increase effort

Question 13

Which type of audience in the crime analysis typology refers to lieutenants and in some cases captains?

A)Operational personnel
B)Management personnel
C)Command personnel
D)Civilian personnel

Question 14

A report with the aggregate counts of robberies by beat for the last week is an example of which purpose, problem type and audience?

A)Situational awareness, short-term, operational
B)Situational awareness, short-term, management
C)Crime reduction, short-term, management
D)Crime reduction, immediate, operational

Question 15

Which type of audience in the crime analysis typology refers to mid-level police managers?

A)Operational personnel
B)Management personnel
C)Command personnel
D)Civilian personnel

Question 16

Which of the following is not a type of problem in the crime analysis results typology:

A)Immediate problems
B)Short-term problems
C)Compound problems
D)Long-term problems

Question 17

The three components of the Crime Analysis Results Typology are category of problem, purpose of crime analysis, and types of internal police audience.

Question 18

Which purpose of crime analysis results typically require a simple search of a database, and the creation of a list or a map?

A)Crime patterns
B)Short-term problems
C)Crime reduction
D)Situational awareness

Question 19

The crime analysis results typology helps crime analysts organize the data they use for crime analysis.

Question 20

A map and list of cases showing a pattern of related burglaries in a commercial district over two weeks is an example of which purpose, problem type and audience?

A)Situational awareness, short-term, operational
B)Crime reduction, long-term, operational
C)Crime reduction, short term, operational
D)Situational awareness, long-term, management

Question 21

Crime analysts are needed to conduct the majority of analysis related to guiding crime reduction responses by police