Test Bank For Crime and Intelligence Analysis 2nd Edition Glenn Grana (Author), James Windell (Author) Chapters 1-15 Chapter One: The Crime Problem True & False items: 1. Crime in generally considered to be a problem in the U.S. (T) 2. President Lyndon Johnson appointed a commission to study crime in 1965. (T) 3. Most Americans believe crime is declining. (F) 4. America is the only country that has a crime problem. (F) 5. Each society has had to analyze the crime problem and develop a theory that would lead to the implementation of laws or policies that would attempt to contain or decrease the crime problem. (T) 6. Crime and intelligence analysis typically takes the approach of examining the offenders’ behaviour. (T) 7. The term intelligence refers to the data available to, collected by, or disseminated through the tactical crime analyst. (T) 8. A real-time setting or a real-time crime center refers to the location where many tactical crime analysts play video games. (F) 9. The term Intelligence analysis refers to what the tactical crime analyst does in his or her position. (T) 10. An Intelligence Analyst continually evaluates and analyzes data in order to provide the most useful possible information to police officers. (T) Multiple Choice items:
_____11. We know that criminal justice systems were in place in some countries several thousand years ago. All of the following illustrate this except for: A. Hammurabi established a criminal code in Mesopotamia in 2100 BC B. In the sixth century BC, the Athenians created a system of ―popular courts‖ C. The Romans had Twelve Tables, which codified the laws, in 452 AD D. In America, President Johnson established a crime commission in 1965 * _____12. Today, the U.S. has an evolved criminal justice system that is: A. Multi-layered and sophisticated * B. Crude and poorly developed C. Barbaric and designed to harm children D. Sophisticated in its evil intent _____13. Cesare Beccaria is known as: A. The man who invented juvenile courts B. The founder of classical criminology * C. The who started The Humane Society and Child Protection agency D. The founder of capital punishment
_____14. Beccaria’s philosophy, which is spelled out in his book, On Crimes and Punishment, was that: A. People are irrational and deserve harsh punishments B. People have mental health problems and should be exempt from laws and punishments C. People are rational and they do things that bring them pleasure; they avoid doing things which bring them pain * D. People learn best when they are threatened with long punishments and hard labor _____15. According to Cesare Beccaria, since people are rational and think before acting, punishment for criminal behavior should be: A. Certain and swift with appropriate duration and intensity * B. Arbitrary and harsh C. Of sufficient duration to teach the offender a valuable lesson D. Decided by judges who are experts at being rational ______16. Since Beccaria’s time, _____________ of theories of criminology and criminal behavior have been developed. A. About 10 B. Thousands C. Two or three
D. Dozens *
_____17. One contemporary theory of criminal behavior comes from Samuel Yochelson and Stanton Samenow, who propose that: A. Criminals are biologically different from the rest of us B. Criminals have no choice when it comes to criminal offending C. Criminals freely choose their behavior in a quest for power, control and excitement * D. Criminals have serious mental health issues _____18. Most criminological theories are concerned with why: A. People are murderous B. Individuals commit crimes * C. People are evil D. Individuals feel guilty about their behavior
_____19. Modus operandi means: A. The typical patterns used in the commission of a crime by offenders * B. How people operate when interacting with others C. The mode of trying to get away with a crime
D. The forensic evidence left by the criminal
_____20. The Analysis Triangle is: A. A geometric figure useful in math analysis B. A way of determining who committed a crime C. A useful illustration that suggests a theory for linking crime and criminal behavior to external factors * D. An example of how forensic evidence is obtained
_____21. SARA is a model developed by Professor Herman Goldstein at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to: A. Enhance the problem-solving approach to policing * B. Describe the way police officers use force C. Bring responsible leadership to police departments D. Determine who is guilty in a crime
_____22. The term ―SARA‖ is an acronym that stands for: A. Sisters, Analyzing, Response & Attitude B. Scanning, Analysis, Respect & Authority