Question 1

There are any number of reports that an intelligence unit can produce for a police department; among the kinds of reports that an intelligence unit could provide for criminal investigators, perhaps the most important are criminal profiles, geographic profiles, time-event charts and ______________.

Accepted Answer

Link analysis is a critical tool in the analysis of criminal activity, enabling investigators to examine the relationships between suspects, co-conspirators, and criminal organizations. The other options listed (weather reports, lists of suspects, and phone directories) could potentially be useful in certain investigations, but they are not as fundamental to the work of an intelligence unit in supporting criminal investigators as link analysis.

Question 2

The premise of geographic profiling is that given a sufficient number of crimes, with adequate information for analysis, a ______________ of the area in which the offender's residence is located can be calculated.

Accepted Answer

The premise of geographic profiling is based on a probabilistic approach, and therefore a probabilistic map of the area can be calculated to determine the offender's likely residence location. Pushpin maps, roadmap or major highway maps may be useful in displaying the geographic distribution of crimes, but they do not provide the probability estimates necessary for geographic profiling.

Question 3

A time-event chart depicts in graphic form the ______________ of an individual's or a group's activities.

Accepted Answer

A time-event chart shows the chronological order of activities, events, or tasks over a specific period of time. It does not provide an analysis of day-to-day activities or an exact route, although it can include information from a diary.

Question 4

Link analysis refers to ???______________ among people or organizations.

Accepted Answer

Link analysis involves analyzing relationships or connections among people or organizations. It is often used in the field of intelligence and law enforcement to identify and track criminal networks or terrorist groups.

Quiz 6: An Introduction to Intelligence

There are any number of reports that an intelligence unit can produce for a police department; among the kinds of reports that an intelligence unit could provide for criminal investigators, perhaps the most important are criminal profiles, geographic profiles, time-event charts and ______________.

The premise of geographic profiling is that given a sufficient number of crimes, with adequate information for analysis, a ______________ of the area in which the offender's residence is located can be calculated.

A time-event chart depicts in graphic form the ______________ of an individual's or a group's activities.

Link analysis refers to ???______________ among people or organizations.