Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1) Crime patterns are a series of crime treated as one unit of analysis because the crimes share one or more key commonalities that make them notable and distinct, there is no known relationship between victim and offender, and the criminal activity is typically of limited duration.
2) A spree is a specific type of series characterized by high frequency of criminal activity within a remarkably short time frame, to the extent that the activity appears almost continuous.
3) Ad hoc linking occurs when investigators link cases using computer data for a single investigation.
4) The weights and thresholds method relies on an analyst’s critical thinking skills
5) The Query Method is the method for pattern identification least often used by crime analysts.


1) True
2) True
3) False
4) True
5) False

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