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Integrated Analysis -<br />
One of the<br />
Possible Solutions to<br />
Violent and Organised<br />
Crime in<br />
Trinidad and Tobago<br />
Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (<strong>TTPS</strong>) relies on a multitude of information<br />
sources and utilizes a variety of approaches to prevent and respond to issues<br />
of crime and disorder. These approaches, whether broad or specific, are<br />
typically tactical, operational or strategic and each requires that information<br />
be collected, synthesized and analysed into a usable format.<br />
Snr. Supt. (Ag.) Mc Donald Jacob<br />
MPhil Criminology and Criminal Justice<br />
University of the West Indies<br />
Bachelor of law (LLB) University of London<br />
Crime and Intelligence Analyst<br />
The source of information may vary (arrest data, crime data, informants, etc.)<br />
depending on the objectives, but the analysis of these sources into useful<br />
information and data is largely the task of law enforcement analysts who focus their<br />
efforts on trying to identify crime patterns, trends and linkages between individual<br />
offenders and/or organised groups.<br />
Intelligence analysis involves the development of critical and substantial products<br />
that support law enforcement decision making efforts that are centred on organised<br />
criminal activity.<br />
Crime analysis, on the other hand, involves the use of various geographical and<br />
socio-demographic information in combination with spatial techniques to analyse,<br />
prevent and solve crime and disorder problems.<br />
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