Chapter 4

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remains one of the most effective tools available to support law enforcement today.

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Strategic and Tactical crime analysis

Crime analysis

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remains one of the most effective tools available to support law enforcement today.

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Crime analysis

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four types of crime analysis

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tactical crime analysis
strategic crime analysis
administrative crime analysis
police operations analysis

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deals with immediate criminal offenses (immediate, hours, days, or weeks from the time of the crime).

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Tactical crime analysis

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It promotes a quick response to recent offenses such as burglaries and robberies.

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Tactical crime analysis

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provides information to assist operational personnel in the identification of crime trends and in the arrest of criminal offenders.

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tactical crime analy

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the team as a working component related to the law enforcement’s crisis management protocol, you can create a team member who combines the analytical strengths of the tactical analyst with the negotiating strengths of the crisis negotiator.

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tactical analyst

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In order to step into a role as a valuable member of a crisis management team, a tactical analyst needs to have an understanding and working knowledge of?

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Criminal behavior

Crisis management protocol

The “real-time” process of crisis negotiations

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In order to step into a role as a valuable member of a crisis management team, a tactical analyst needs to have an understanding and working knowledge of?

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Criminal behavior

Crisis management protocol

The “real-time” process of crisis negotiations

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On the other hand, in order to accept the contributions of the tactical analyst, the crisis manager needs to understand the?

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The analytical process

The intelligence available to the analyst

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is primarily concerned with operational strategies and seeks solutions to ongoing problems (weeks, months, quarters, or years).

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Strategic crime analysis

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is to perform police service more effectively and efficiently by matching service delivery to demands for service.

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The purpose of strategic crime analysis

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furnishes information concerning long-range problems.

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Strategic crime analysis

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provide data relative to long-term increases or decreases in crime (crime trend data).

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Strategic crime analysts

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They also prepare crime statistical summaries often referred to as exception reports since they reflect deviations from the norm-and provide resource acquisition and allocation information

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Strategic crime analysts

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involves the study of crime and law enforcement information integrated with sociodemographic and spatial factors to determine long-term “patterns” of activity, to assist in problem-solving, and to research and evaluate responses and procedures.

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Strategic crime analysis

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consists primarily of quantitative analysis of aggregate data.

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strategies crime analysis

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That usually means monthly, quarterly, or yearly compilations of information, such as crime, calls for service, and traffic information analyzed in aggregate (as a collection or a whole) form.

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strategies crime analysis

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That is, general categories such as date, time, location, and type of incident are analyzed instead of qualitative data, such as narrative descriptions of incidents.

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strategies crime analysis

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Variables including race, class, sex, income, population, location, and location type are examined, along with law enforcement information in the analysis process.

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strategies crime analysis

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two primary goals of strategic crime analysis are?

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(1) to assist in the identification and analysis of long-term problems, such as drug activity or auto theft,

(2) to conduct studies to investigate or evaluate relevant responses and procedures.

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can provide information for resource allocation purposes, including optimized patrol scheduling and configuration of patrol zones.

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strategic crime analysis

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Its purpose is to identify crime activities and patterns, identify community conditions, provide police service more effectively and efficiently by matching demands for service with actual delivery. reduce or eliminate recurring problems, and assist in community policing or problem- oriented policing.

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strategic crime analysis

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include crime pattern analysis (examination of the nature and distribution of crime within an area), crime control methods analysis (investigation of crime control methods and techniques to determine their usefulness), and general profile analysis (identification of the typical characteristics of perpetrators of certain types of crime).

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strategic crime analysis

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The presentation of findings of crime analysis based on legal, political and practical concerns to inform audiences with in police administration, city, government, and community residents

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Administrative crime analysis

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deals with long-range comparisons (quarterly, semi- annually or annually).

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Administrative crime analysis

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tasks include providing economic, geographic, and law enforcement information to police management. City Administration, City Council, and neighborhood/citizen groups

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administrative crime analysis

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concerns itself with the presentation of interesting findings of crime research and analysis based on legal, political, and practical concerns to inform audiences from within law enforcement administration, and city government, as well as citizens

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Administrative crime analysis

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is different from the previous types of analysis that we have discussed in that it refers to the presentation of findings rather than to statistical analysis or research.

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Administrative crime analysis

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The decision on what information to present and how is the primary focus of administrative crime analysis.

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Administrative crime analysis

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The purpose of and the audience for the information determine what is presented, but the primary purpose of administrative crime analysis is to inform audiences.

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Administrative crime analysis

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These audiences may vary from one situation to the next, which is why the type and quantity of information will vary as well.

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Administrative crime analysis

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Audiences can be police executives, city council members, media, citizens, and neighborhood groups, or all of these

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Administrative crime analysis

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tasks include grant writing, feasibility studies, and the preparation of special research projects.

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administrative crime analysis

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is not focused on the immediate or long-term reduction or elimination of a criminal pattern or trend.

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administrative crime analysis

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is to post information on the police departments website to inform citizens and the community about an issue. Besides citizens, the audience of a police department's website may well include police personnel, businesses, victims, criminals, and the media.

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administrative crime analysis

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the type of information presented on the website can include crime trends, police department policy changes, and other updates useful to the community.

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administrative crime analysis

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will conduct a study of a police departments operations, procedures, and policies.

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analyst

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This kind of analysis is aimed at helping the department to run more effectively and efficiently.

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analyst

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This kind of analysis is aimed at helping the department to run more effectively and efficiently.

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analyst

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includes the presentation of findings to the police administration and to government officials. But the police administration and public officials may ask for statistics or data to be sure they are leading the department or the city in the right direction. Much like investigative analysis, administrative analysis tasks can range from small scale, like determining if burglaries declined during a prevention initiative, to large scale, like conducting a workload analysis to determine if staffing is adequate and if departmental resources are being efficiently deployed

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Administrative analysis

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Its could include tracking nuisance calls for service to the police department, generating press releases and other public information materials concerning crime patterns and crime prevention, and researching new technologies and services available to police.

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administrative crime analysis

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is the systematic process of examining and interpreting data from various sources to predict future trends and outcomes, enabling informed decision- making and strategic planning in different domains.

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Intelligence analysis

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Study of a police departments policies and practices. Often, it concems itself with studying a departments allocation of personnel, money, equipment, and other resources.

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Police operation analysis

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describes the study of a police departments policies and practices.

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Police operations analysis

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This could include studying a departments allocation of personnel, money, equipment, and other resources.

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Police operations analysis

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The operations analyst might try to decide the best way to divide a city into beats, the optimal allocation of officers per shift, or whether the agency can justify a request for more police officers.

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Police operations analysis