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Assignment:
1. Several students chose to discuss the community-oriented policing model of SARA, in the discussion forum post in module 6. In contrast to this community-oriented policing model please discuss Intelligence-led Policing:
a) define it,
b) what are its key components according to Ratcliffe, and
c) how does crime mapping support this intelligence-led policing model?
2. a. Explain the concept of target (victim) backcloth.
b. How does it explain when and where an offender may choose to commit crime?
c. How would crime mapping analysis come in to play when trying to identify offenders?
3. a. Define geographic profiling.
b. We often see this strategy applied to crime series. What is a crime series? How can understanding journey to crime help us to identify the distances traveled by offenders when committing these crimes to assist in narrowing down suspect lists?
4. Community-based policing and problem-oriented policing are thought to be similar policing methods.
a. First, discuss the primary emphasis of each method.
b. Secondly, identify 2 or more differences that help to distinguish amongst the two methods.
5. Give at least one example and discuss EACH of the future directions for :
a. Crime mapping research
b. Crime-mapping technology
c. Mapping education.