The National Institute of Justice published a document with a crime map displaying some common symbols used by crime analysts (Eck et al., 2005). List these commonly used symbols and explain their meaning.

What will be an ideal response?


Dots point to specific places where crime is likely to occur, a crime site indicates where crime is equally likely to occur within a particular site, and a crime gradient indicates that the probably of crime is most likely inside the site and decreases as you move toward the edge of the site.

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Most shoplifters are snitches, or amateurs, who steal merchandise of little value that they keep for themselves

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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_______ witnesses are not cooperative and do not go out of their way to provide information

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The better-educated prisoners who fight confinement through the system of laws, rules, and court precedent are called ________.

A. retreatists B. opportunists C. legalists D. radicals

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During the development of a fetus, bones begin as cartilage, the same flexible material that makes up the ears. The process of bone replacing cartilage is called ossification

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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