Deck 5: Crime Analysis Data

Question 1

Which system provides an arrestee's current booking photo, personal statistics (e.g., height, weight, eye color, hair color)as well as address, driver's license, identification numbers, employer, and emergency contact information, when available?

A)Criminal Justice Information Services
B)National Crime Information Center
C)Agency Management System
D)Jail Management System

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A data entry and storage system designed especially for police records.

A)Computer hardware
B)Records management system
C)Computer aided dispatch
D)Geographic data system

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Data that have been collected previously which are typically housed in an electronic format.

A)Secondary data
B)Primary data
C)Geographic data
D)Database

Answer 3

A

Question 4

A database is

A)A way in which data are measured.
B)A collection of data that have been organized for the purposes of retrieval, searching, and analysis through a computer.
C)The main repository of a police agency's data
D)A rectangular table (or grid)of information

Question 5

Which system includes modules that allow employees to review policies and general orders, track internal investigations and use of force incidents, disseminate crime analysis products, and facilitate communication about crime reduction and other operational activities?

A)Geographical Data System
B)Criminal Justice Information Services
C)Agency Management System
D)Information-Sharing Platforms

Question 6

A call for service is defined when an officer is dispatched to an incident.

Question 7

Data about the geographic features associated with crime and other activity into geographic information systems for analysis purposes.

A)Geographic information systems
B)Image data
C)Geographic data
D)Tabular data

Question 8

Where would you find witness statements of last seen characteristics of an individual on a particular missing person case in the United States?

A)Geographical Data System
B)Criminal Justice Information Services
C)Agency Management System
D)Jail Management System

Question 9

Crime analysis is a discipline that does not rely heavily on computer technology.

Question 10

Tabular data describe events that are inherently geographic and may contain geographic variables.

Question 11

This information is collected when an officer determines that a crime report is not necessary, but the agency would like to document the incident outside of the call-for-service record.

A)Property database
B)Vehicle database
C)Persons database
D)Field information database
E)Traffic database

Question 12

Which software is used in crime analysis for data collation and analysis?

A)Spreadsheet Software
B)Graphics Software
C)Publishing Software
D)A and C

Question 13

All of the following are examples of primary data except:

A)Observation data of drug corners
B)Focus group data
C)Video surveillance tapes
D)Geographic data of student pathways to school

Question 14

Which nationally based classification system develops reliable information about crime reported to law enforcement that can be used by law enforcement as well as by criminologists, sociologists, legislators, municipal planners, and the media for a variety of research and planning purposes?

A)Geographical Data System
B)Uniform Crime Report
C)Field information database
D)Information-Sharing Platforms

Question 15

Which system is the largest division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and serves as the central repository of their crime services and programs?

A)Criminal Justice Information Services
B)National Crime Information Center
C)Agency Management System
D)Jail Management System

Question 16

Which of the following is a rectangular table of variables and units from which data have been collected that are organized into rows and columns?

A)Database
B)Data
C)Data matrix
D)Data file

Question 17

Which centralized computer systems' goal is to provide specific users with a streamlined process for accessing and searching data with common terms?

A)Geographical Data System
B)Criminal Justice Information Services
C)Agency Management System
D)Information-Sharing Platforms

Question 18

Accident (or crash)data are typically recorded in standardized ways dictated by state laws.

Question 19

Crime analysts most frequently use four types of secondary data: data on crime incidents, arrests, calls for service, and convictions.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a data integrity concern in crime analysis?

A)Data should accurately reflect the concepts they are intended to measure
B)The data obtained should be at least one week old to ensure data quality
C)Data should record the same measurements in repeated observations
D)Information and individuals represented within the data should be protected/confidential.

Question 21

Arrest reports are a key source for obtaining particular information about arrests across the U.S.

Question 22

The hardware used in crime analysis is very specialized and is not similar to that used in other disciplines.

Question 23

Crime analysts obtain secondary data from three main kinds of data collection and storage systems: computer-aided dispatch systems, records management systems, and geographic data systems.

Question 24

A computer aided dispatch system (CAD)is a highly specialized system that may be used by public safety agencies, such as fire and ambulance services.

Question 25

The characteristics of a person fleeing from custody after an attempted government arrest is stored into a records management system (RMS)by the police agency.

Question 26

Many police agencies often find off-the-shelf software to be a good fit with their data, analysis, and presentation needs, so they hire computer experts to customize existing software or create new software that provides the crime analysis functionality they require

Question 27

Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)is the smallest division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation but serves as the central repository of their crime services and programs.

Question 28

Secondary data are data that have been collected for purposes of crime analysis which are housed in databases.

Question 29

Three types of geographic data which are used to represent real-world objects and locations are segments, lines, and polygons.

Question 30

Each agency has the same policies and procedures for recording activity