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CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING (4TH EDITION)
CHAPTER 7: CRIME ANALYSIS PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE TEST BANK

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1) 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
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Purpose
Difficulty Level: Easy

2) 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
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Purpose
Difficulty Level: Medium

3) Analysis results for crime reduction are

a. Created to report facts
b. Created to present conclusions about what the facts mean
c. Created with the intention of guiding police in implementing specific
strategies for crime reduction
d. None of the above
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Reduction
Difficulty Level: Medium

4) Which typically requires a simple search of a database, and the creation of a list or a
map?
a. Crime patterns analysis
b. Short-term problem analysis
c. Crime reduction
d. Situational awareness
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Contrasting the Purposes of Crime Analysis

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Results
Difficulty Level: Medium

5) 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
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Audiences
Difficulty Level: Easy

6) Which type of audience in the crime analysis typology refers officers and sergeants?
a. Operational personnel
b. Management personnel
c. Command personnel
d. Civilian personnel
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Audiences
Difficulty Level: Medium

7) 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
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Audiences
Difficulty Level: Easy

8) 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
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Audiences
Difficulty Level: Medium

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9) 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
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Audiences
Difficulty Level: Medium

10) 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
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Situational Awareness Examples
Difficulty Level: Medium

11) 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
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Situational Awareness Examples
Difficulty Level: Medium

12) 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
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Situational Awareness Examples
Difficulty Level: Medium

13) 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?

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 a. Situational awareness, short-term, operational
b. Crime reduction, long-term, operational
c. Crime reduction, short term, management
d. Situational awareness, long-term, management
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Situational Awareness Examples
Difficulty Level: Medium

14) 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
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Situational Awareness Examples
Difficulty Level: Medium

15) 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
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Situational Awareness Examples
Difficulty Level: Medium

TRUE/FALSE

1) The three components of the Crime Analysis Results Typology are category of
problem, purpose of crime analysis, and types of internal police audience.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Typology
Difficulty Level: Easy

2) The crime analysis results typology helps crime analysts organize the data they use
for crime analysis.
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

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Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Typology
Difficulty Level: Medium

3) Information provided to a variety of audiences for situational awareness should be

automated as much as possible.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Situational Awareness
Difficulty Level: Medium

4) Crime analysts are needed to conduct the majority of analysis related to guiding
crime reduction responses by police.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Purpose
Difficulty Level: Medium

5) Situational awareness is the development of a perception of an individual

Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Situational Awareness
Difficulty Level: Easy

6) Police are able to implement random routine traffic stops at certain times where
drunk driving cases were high in a particular area due to the results of crime reduction
analysis on other areas with the same characteristics.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Contrasting the Purpose of Crime Analysis
Results
Difficulty Level: Hard

7) Lieutenants are line-level officers that are considered operational personnel.

Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Audiences
Difficulty Level: Easy

8) Identifying apartment complexes that have the highest number of parties over the last
6 months is an example of situational awareness.
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Contrasting the Purpose of Crime Analysis
Results
Difficulty Level: Medium

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9) Problems considered “short-term” are isolated incidents that occur and are resolved
within a few days.
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Immediate
Difficulty Level: Easy

10) Gang activity related to homicides in cities such as Chicago are considered a long-
term problems
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Long-Term
Difficulty Level: Easy

11) A list or map of all juveniles currently on probation in the jurisdiction is an example
of situational awareness analysis results
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Contrasting the Purpose of Crime Analysis
Results
Difficulty Level: Medium

12) Crime reduction analysis results may lead police to a range of possible strategies
that can be implemented to address problems.
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Crime Reduction
Difficulty Level: Medium

13) Crime analysis information is created to report facts and present conclusions about
what the facts mean, how they are related to other issues, or why they are occurring
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: under the heading Situational Awareness
Difficulty Level: Medium

14) A map showing areas in which a specific type of crime has increased or decreased
before and after a particular police strategy was implemented is an example of crime
reduction analysis
Ans: T
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: under the heading Contrasting the Purpose of Crime Analysis
Results
Difficulty Level: Medium

15) The data used for situational awareness and crime reduction crime analysis are

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different
Ans: F
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: under the heading Contrasting the Purpose of Crime Analysis
Results
Difficulty Level: Hard

ESSAY QUESTIONS

Describe an example of crime analysis results for both situational awareness and crime
reduction purposes using the following data:
1) 911 hang up calls for service data
2) Registered sex offender data
3) Traffic crash data

Describe and contrast the different audiences within a police organization. Give an
example of the different types of analysis for situational awareness and crime reduction
that each group might use.

Describe the typology of crime analysis results presented in the chapter including an
explanation of how this relates to stratification.