The purpose of this chapter is to provide information about the criminal intelligence units, the intelligence/analytical cycle which results in finished and useable products for clients, and an array of analytical and investigative tools available to investigators, such as crime analysis, time event charting, telephone record analysis, e-mail intercepts, various approaches to criminal profiling, geoprofiling, financial analysis,. | EIGHT Investigative Resources LEARNING OBJECTIVES Outline the intelligence/analytical cycle Understand various components of crime analysis Assess criminal profiling and its criticisms Discuss the organized/disorganized offender model Explain the practice of investigative psychology Describe behavioral evidence analysis Discuss the practice of geoprofiling Recognize financial difficulty indicators used in financial analysis Identify three major components of NCAVC and the services they provide Describe the functions of NCIC and CODIS 8-1 THE INTELLIGENCE/ANALYTICAL CYCLE The intelligence/analytical cycle is a five-step process which is continuous: Planning and Direction. The intelligence/analytical process must be managed from identifying the focus of the intelligence effort to delivering the finished product to the police unit requesting it. Collection and Management. Collection is the gathering and managing of raw data/information which is then analyzed to produce the finished product. 8-2(a) THE INTELLIGENCE/ANALYTICAL CYCLE (cont'd) Processing. Processing is how raw information from all sources is converted into a form which can be used by analysts. Analysis and Production. Analysis and production is how the conversion of the data which has been processed is translated into the finished intelligence product. Dissemination. The last element the five-step intelligence cycle is the dissemination of the finished intelligence report back to the end-used who requested it. 8-2(b) THE INTELLIGENCE CYCLE Consists of five steps Is continuous 8-3 (Source: Marilyn B. Peterson, Bob Morehouse, and Richard Wright, eds., Intelligence 2000: Revising the Basic Elements (New Jersey: International Association of Law Enforcement Analysts, 2000), p. 8.) TYPES OF CRIME ANAYLSIS 8-4 These are common sources of blood and DNA evidence that investigators need to be aware of in conducting crime scene searches. Type Description Tactical Provides analytical information used to assist . | EIGHT Investigative Resources LEARNING OBJECTIVES Outline the intelligence/analytical cycle Understand various components of crime analysis Assess criminal profiling and its criticisms Discuss the organized/disorganized offender model Explain the practice of investigative psychology Describe behavioral evidence analysis Discuss the practice of geoprofiling Recognize financial difficulty indicators used in financial analysis Identify three major components of NCAVC and the services they provide Describe the functions of NCIC and CODIS 8-1 THE INTELLIGENCE/ANALYTICAL CYCLE The intelligence/analytical cycle is a five-step process which is continuous: Planning and Direction. The intelligence/analytical process must be managed from identifying the focus of the intelligence effort to delivering the finished product to the police unit requesting it. Collection and Management. Collection is the gathering and managing of raw data/information which is then analyzed to produce the finished .
