Deck 9: Pattern Identification Process

Question 1

A crime pattern is a single crime discovered by police.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Elderly women in several different supermarkets who are having their purses stolen out of the carts by numerous suspects in the last several weeks is an example of a:

A)Series
B)Spree
C)Hot prey
D)Hot spot
E)Hot place

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The process of linking unsolved cases to a recently solved case.

A)Identifying investigative leads
B)Clearing cases
C)Pattern finalization
D)Initiation pattern identification

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Linking cases in a pattern by suspect requires knowing the name of the suspect in at least one of the cases.

Question 5

Several closely related crimes within a few minutes' travel distance from one another that occurs within a relatively short period of time is an example of which of the following?

A)Micro-time hot spot
B)Hot setting
C)Hot place
D)Spree

Question 6

Deduction is when the analyst has one case to which others are linked.

Question 7

The process of refining a list of cases into the cases that make up a pattern to be published is:

A)Initial pattern identification
B)Pattern finalization
C)Crime factor linking
D)Weights and thresholds analysis

Question 8

A white male suspect, wearing red shorts, no shirt, and a blue cap, who has peered into 8 separate homes on different occasions, is an example of a:

A)Series
B)Spree
C)Hot prey
D)Hot spot
E)Hot product

Question 9

Deduction is when the analyst begins with a large number of cases to determine a pattern.

Question 10

Identifying investigative leads requires

A)The analyst to find the most relevant and reliable suspect description or other information to which a person can be linked
B)The analyst to consider all potential suspects
C)The analyst examines the characteristics of that description against various databases of offenders and suspect information
D)All of the above

Question 11

An iterative process in which the analyst manipulates, searches, and sorts the characteristics of crimes in a database matrix to link crimes with similar characteristics.

A)Trend Hunter method
B)Querying method
C)Ad hoc method
D)Pattern finalization

Question 12

Clearing cases requires identifying the suspect in at least one of the cases in a pattern and linking that suspect to the other cases.

Question 13

Identifying the principal case requires

A)The analyst to identify the cases that are strongly related
B)The analyst to select one case from the initial list of cases that best represents the pattern
C)The analyst to examine other databases that could contain cases related to the pattern,
D)The analyst to talk to detectives

Question 14

Crime patterns are a series of crime treated as one unit of analysis because the crimes share one or more key commonalities that make them notable and distinct, there is no known relationship between victim and offender, and the criminal activity is typically of limited duration.

Question 15

A convenience store with two robberies, two burglaries, a car theft, and several vandalism incidents in three weeks is an example of a:

A)Series
B)Spree
C)Hot spot
D)Hot setting
E)Hot place

Question 16

Ipods being stolen in burglaries, car thefts, and robberies of teenagers is an example of:

A)Series
B)Hot prey
C)Hot spot
D)Hot setting
E)Hot product

Question 17

Which type of crime pattern temporal characteristic is also called a crime "flare-up"?

A)Hot prey
B)Micro-time hot spot
C)Spree
D)Series

Question 18

Medical offices being burglarized by breaking the front window and prying the office door is an example of a:

A)Spree
B)Hot prey
C)Hot setting
D)Hot place
E)Hot product

Question 19

A pattern identification method of assigning different values to various characteristics of crimes to determine which are most similar is the:

A)Weights and threshold method
B)Querying method
C)Ad hoc method
D)Pattern finalization

Question 20

A suspect who steals a car, then robs a local convenience store as well as a pedestrian one mile from the store in a matter of 20 minutes is an example of a:

A)Series
B)Spree
C)Hot setting
D)Hot place
E)Hot product

Question 21

The plate number of a vehicle would most appropriately be found in a field information database

Question 22

Ad hoc linking occurs when investigators link cases using computer data for a single investigation.

Question 23

When looking at patterns of robberies in a particular area The analyst's first step is to select one case from the initial list of cases that best represents the pattern and contains the most detail.

Question 24

The third step in finalizing a pattern is Identifying Addition Related Cases

Question 25

Sex offenders who live in an area where a current pattern of child abduction is occurring would most likely be found in a registered sex offender database.

Question 26

Clearing cases is a deductive process.

Question 27

The weights and thresholds method relies on an analyst's critical thinking skills

Question 28

In a query method, the analyst first uses induction or deduction to look for patterns.

Question 29

A spree is a specific type of series characterized by high frequency of criminal activity within a remarkably short time frame, to the extent that the activity appears almost continuous.

Question 30

The Query Method is the method for pattern identification least often used by crime analysts.