What are general tendencies in the occurrence of crime across large geographic areas over extended periods of time.
100
Criminal Profiling
What is referred to by other terms, such as offender profiling and psychological profiling.
100
Jail Booking
What is created when a subject is inprocessed at a jail.
100
AEXIS
What is arson, explosives and Incident System.
100
surveillance
What is carried out by people; it may be stationary/fixed/static or "rolling"
200
Patterns
What is crime committed repeatedly over a short period of time, sometimes, but not always, by the same offender.
200
FBI
What led the modern development of profiling beginning in the 1970's
200
Field Interview/Information
What is filled out when patrolling officers identify persons or vehicles that are suspicious to them but are not connected with any particular offense.
200
NDPIX
What is National drug pointer index
200
Photo Lineup
What is a procedure in which a series of photgraphs are shown sequentially to a witness for the purpose of determining if he/she can identify the perpetrator of a crime.
300
Series
What is crime committed over a short period of time, probably by the same offender.
300
Antecedent
What is where the profiler tries to understand the offender's mindset.
300
Traffic Citations
What can link suspects to the vehicles they register and drive.
300
NamUs
What is National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
300
Live lineup
What is process in which a series of "real people" are shown to an eyewitness to establish whether they can pick out the suspect
400
Sprees
What is offense committed at almost the same time by the same offender(s).
400
Method
What is the pattern to which a crime is committed.
400
Investigative Plane
What shows what lines of inquiry will be pursued and any special resources needed.
400
NCIC
What is National Crime Information Center
400
cold case
What is the most extreme form of a follow up, is the reopening of an inactivated, unsolved case.
500
Crimogen
What is either an individually known offender who is responsible for a large number of crimes or one victim who reports a large number of crimes.
500
Remote Sensing
what is the process of collecting and analyzing information about areas, objects, or events without being in contact with the focus of analysis.
500
Vehicle Impoundment
What is the vehicle is inventoried and impounded at an impound lot.
500
NCAVC
What is National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime
500
crime analysis
What is the process of using systematic analytical methods to acquire timely and pertinent information on crime patterns and trend correlations.