Crime Analysis with Crime Mapping 4th Edition By Santos – Test Bank

ISBN: 9781506331034

Chapter 1: Crime Analysis and the Profession Test Bank

 

Multiple Choice

 

1)Crime analysts use qualitative data and methods

1. To develop forecasts for future crime events
2. To conduct statistics on frequency of crime
3. To examine nonnumerical data for the purpose of discovering underlying meanings and patterns of relationships
4. To understand the correlational relationships between types of crime

Ans: C

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: under the heading Crime Analysis Definition

Difficulty Level:Easy

 

2) A geographic information system (GIS) is all of the following EXCEPT:

1. A powerful software tool that allows the user to create any kind of geographic representation
2. A set of computer-based tools that allows the user to modify, visualize, query, and analyze geographic and tabular data
3. Similar to a spreadsheet or word processing program in that the software provides a framework and templates for data collection, collation, and analysis
4. A unstructured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer so that a crime analyst can consult it to answer queries

Ans: D

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping

Difficulty Level:Medium

 

3) Crime mapping is

1. The process of using a geographic information system to conduct spatial analysis of crime problems and other police-related issues
2. The discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of information technologies
3. The study and practice of making maps
4. A system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth

Ans: A

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: under the heading Definitions of GIS and Crime Mapping

Difficulty Level:Easy

 

4) The history of crime analysis as a discipline begins with

1. The New York City Police Department in the early 1900s
2. Farmers and ranchers looking out for their livestock
3. Professors in the School of Cartography
4. The first modern police force in London in the early 19th century

Ans: D

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: under the heading Beginnings of Crime Analysis

Difficulty Level:Medium 

 

5) Which brought about increased awareness of the use of analysis and evaluation in policing throughout the 1970s?

1. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
2. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
3. 1975 Crime Analysis and Evaluation Act
4. None of the above

Ans: B

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: under the heading United States:1970 to 2000

Difficulty Level:Medium