Study Guide Questions

For questions 1—4, indicate whether the statement is true or false.

1 One of the major goals of strategic crime analysis is to assist in the identification and analysis of long-term problems, such as drug activity or auto theft.
2 Crime trends are long-term increases or decreases in crime.
3 Ron Clarke and John Eck define a crime problem as a recurring set of related harmful events in a community that members of the public expect the police to address.
4 Initially, strategic crime analysts use information from the public library as their data.

5 One of the two major goals of strategic crime analysis is to conduct studies to investigate or evaluate relevant responses and procedures as part of a problem-solving process.

a To find short-term solutions to short-term crime problems

b To investigate corruption within the police department

c To conduct studies to investigate or evaluate relevant responses and procedures as part of a problem-solving process

d To conduct studies to determine why there are so many poor drivers on the highways

6 The qualitative research methods specific to crime analysis include field research, content analysis, interviews, surveys, and

a Statistical analysis of data

b Talking to Supreme Court justices

c Meditation

d Focus groups

7 Although the SARA model is based on the problem-oriented policing

work of Herman Goldstein, the acronym SARA actually was developed by and in.

a Eck and Spelman in 1987

b Clarke and Eck in 1998

c James Q. Wilson and George Kelling in 1982

d Elliot and Spitzer in 1995

8 There are basically two kinds of reports that come from strategic crime analysts. One is publications that track and describe trends; the other is publications that

a Describe geopolitical crime mapping

b Analyze crime problems

c Are distributed to convenience stores

d Focus on the data provided in the Uniform Crime Reports

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