There are 5 steps to the crime analysis process: Collection, Collation, Analysis, Dissemination, and Feedback/Recommendations. Not all 5 steps are critical for the analysis. Definitions: Crime pattern is a pattern of crime committed within a jurisdiction, example: several home break-ins in a community. Crime series is a series of crimes within a pattern that are being committed by the same person or persons. Crime series can be analyzed as they have common denominators as opposed to a crime pattern which would not. (NOTE: there can be more than one series within a pattern.) Explain, as a Crime Analyst, which steps in the process do you feel would be the most important in determining which crime would be a series as opposed to a pattern.

NB: Properly cite the sources!!

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Overview of crime analysis. (n.d.). International Association of Crime Analysts. https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/media/document/OverviewofCrimeAnalysis.pdf