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Geospatial crime analysis is most directly focused on which aspect of crime?

A) how to prevent crimes from occurring
B) when crimes occur
C) who commits crimes
D) where crimes occur

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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______ is the primary method of predictive policing.

A) Crime analysis
B) CompStat
C) Crime scene investigation
D) Preventative patrol

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Identify the focus of intelligence-led policing and explain the benefits of this approach.

One of the biggest hurdles to crime analysis reaching its true potential is ______.

Geographic information systems electronically store information such as crime reports, arrest reports, traffic citations, and/or other police-citizen contacts.

An important difference between intelligence-led policing and geospatial crime analysis is ______.

Should police policy decisions be based on research findings?

______ collect, analyze, and interpret crime data.

This term was first known as police-researcher-partnerships and has now evolved to describe the initiative of police organizations to incorporate technology into their operations to reduce crime.

Define what the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance intended with the term "smart policing" and discuss the reasons why the smart policing initiative (now: Strategies for Police Innovation) was created in 2009.

______ involves the collection and analysis of data pertaining to criminal incidents.

Basing police policy on research evidence is universally accepted as the most important consideration in policy-making.

When research is conducted in police departments, it is usually police officers who are either the subjects of the research or are the ones who are expected to carry out the research procedures.

CompStat was introduced in Philadelphia in 1967 by Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo.

Predictive policing is based on the fact that a majority of crime is not random.

Intelligence-led policing has a predictive element which focuses on ______.

______ is maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is the largest crime information network in the United States.

Some places are more likely to experience more crime than other places.

Men are more likely to commit crime than women.

Identify the strengths and limitations of COMPSTAT.