Write a 250 word Reaction Paper explaining how a real crime pattern, derived from a case study in New York, which you will cite in APA format, was utilized to investigate and clear a criminal case.

Book: CRIME ANALYSIS WITH CRIME MAPPING:4TH EDITION: CHAPTER 11-RACHEL BOBA SANTOS.

The following information is integral as it applies to this module:

A. The most appropriate time series method for examining a pattern of robberies is possessing knowledge of the exact time of day/day of week for analysis;

B. The most appropriate method for examining car burglaries is weighted time span analysis;

C. Weighted time span computes each hour within a time span as a proportion of that time span;

D. Components of a crime pattern bulletin include pertinent information which can be open source once all closed source information is approved for delivery;

E. An analyst, describing the MO of a pattern should focus on those characteristics that are shared by all cases to distinguish the pattern;

F. When describing suspect and vehicle patterns and conflicting information arises, the analyst has to be sure to note the differing descriptions;

G. Exact time series analysis would be most appropriate in examining the exact time of occurrence in a robbery or a sexual assault;

H. A Cross-tabulation shows a count of crime by both time of day and time of week;

I. Charts displaying intervals between events would be most appropriate to show robberies committed by a suspect to support a drug habit that may occur closer together in time than other robberies;

J. A Micro-time hot spot is the emergence of several closely related crimes within a few minutes' travel distance from one another

K. Pattern Bulletins are used to disseminate crime pattern and other tactical information to officers, detectives, and citizens;

L. Spatial analysis is the type of analysis where single symbol maps are used by analysts to examine the geographic nature of the crimes and begin to identify patterns

M. Crime pattern bulletins include a title, summary, list of cases, map, and time series analysis.