Deck 15: Strategic Crime Analysis Results and Dissemination

Question 1

"The data include only those crimes reported to police," is an example of a:

A)Recommendation
B)Disclaimer
C)Crime prevention tip
D)Title

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Report of the analysis findings (analysis step)of a problem contains all of the following except:

A)Finding about the problem both from national and local research
B)Conclusions from hypotheses derived as part of this process
C)Recommendations for responses based on the research and analysis conclusions
D)Whether the responses worked

Answer 2

D

Question 3

In strategic crime analysis, no more than 6 months of data should be analyzed at one time.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

These reports include reviews of the literature on the problems or topics analyzed, discussion of the analyses of secondary and primary data, presentation of findings, and recommendations based on the findings.

A)Memos
B)Weekly/monthly/quarterly reports and maps
C)Annual reports
D)Research, evaluation, and problem reports

Question 5

Which are documents in which calls for service, crime and accident analysis are produced regularly and distributed through intradepartmental channels.

A)Memos
B)Weekly/monthly/quarterly reports and maps
C)Annual reports
D)Research, evaluation, and problem reports

Question 6

The title of a strategic crime analysis product should include all except:

A)The nature of the data
B)The unit of geography on which the report focuses
C)The date range analyzed
D)The name of the analyst who produced the report

Question 7

Every analysis product should include a discussion of how the various findings support or refute the hypotheses that were developed at the beginning of the analysis.

Question 8

There are specific rules and guidelines for disseminating strategic crime analysis information.

Question 9

Each table and chart in a crime analysis product should include the following elements:

A)Title, Labels, File path, and Credits/data
B)Title, Recommendations, File path, Disclaimer
C)Title, Labels, Disclaimer Credits/data
D)Title Analysis findings, Disclaimer, Labels

Question 10

It is common practice for analysts to change data and results to depict what police managers ask for.

Question 11

Which is an example of the Legend element of maps that might be included in a crime analysis product?

A)Natural Breaks Classification
B)Geocoded Addresses = 99%
C)North, West, South, East
D)November 22nd, 2014

Question 12

Maps contain the following features that other strategic products do not include:

A)Geocoding match rate, labels, scale bar
B)Geocoding match rate, scale bar, north directional
C)Geocoding match rate, title, north directional
D)Legend, scale bar, north directional, labels

Question 13

Crime analysts should use email for dissemination for all of the following cases except:

A)For requesting information from a group of people that can be provided to the crime analyst by simply replying to the email.
B)For any regularly produced crime analysis product, whether it is produced daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly for a few or many people.
C)For sending information to one person or a small group of people fulfilling a one-time specific request.
D)For anything that is the equivalent to an official departmental memo.

Question 14

The results of simple queries or specific requests are often presented in this form:

A)Memos
B)Weekly/monthly/quarterly reports and maps
C)Annual reports
D)Research, evaluation, and problem reports

Question 15

One common weaknesses of strategic crime analysis is providing too much information and not sifting through information before dissemination.

Question 16

Using email for dissemination may not be the best tool because:

A)Analysts disseminate their own products, so important information may be hard to find and sort through in a timely manner
B)Emails do not always go through, and digital information cannot be shared effectively
C)It is too expensive
D)Analysts do not check their emails because they are too busy

Question 17

Report of the initial analysis (scanning step)of a problem does all of the following except:

A)Details why the problem is occurring
B)Narrows the scope of the problem
C)Identifies that available data are inadequate to study the problem
D)Is typically disseminated using a PowerPoint presentation

Question 18

All strategic crime analysis products, no matter what format, include all of the following except:

A)Tables, graphics, and maps
B)Analysis findings
C)Analyst background
D)Disclaimers

Question 19

Which element illustrates the distance units used in the map for a crime analysis product?

A)Geocoding
B)North directional
C)Scale bar
D)Legend

Question 20

These reports, produced yearly, present analysts' conclusions based on descriptive statistics for the entire jurisdiction for the preceding year and comparison of the data with previous years.

A)Memos
B)Weekly/monthly/quarterly reports and maps
C)Annual reports
D)Research, evaluation, and problem reports

Question 21

Crime analysts should use an intranet system when a product should be archived and organized with other products.

Question 22

Crime analysts should use an email for dissemination for providing products to a large number of people by sending an email to let them know where it is.If they need it, they will go and get it.

Question 23

"Citizen-Generated Calls for Service in District 3: January 1, 2017, Through December 31, 2017" is an example of a title for a strategic crime analysis product

Question 24

Considering the audience of analysis products is key in choosing methods and methods of dissemination.

Question 25

Most strategic crime analysis products are 5-7 pages in length.

Question 26

The directional element indicates the geographic orientation of the map in a crime analysis product

Question 27

The tables and charts that appear in crime analysis product shouldn't be formatted consistently.

Question 28

"G:\District 4 Products\Part I Crime District 4 2016-2017.xlsx." is an example of a file path for a table or chart in a crime analysis product.

Question 29

File path is not an element that needs to be included in a strategic crime analysis product

Question 30

Analysts use emailing as a prime source of dissemination because there are little to no problems with the processes