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Crime analysis units are a relatively new addition to larger police departments. Usually staffed by civilians with advanced education and training in crime analytics, these units are responsible for identifying trends and patterns in criminal incidents, locating crime hot spots, conducting analyses of offender networks and crimes, and identifying high-rate offenders. They provide this information to investigators to assist in criminal identification and apprehension and to the patrol unit to inform patrol allocation and enforcement decisions. Crime analysis is often associated with predictive policing, which is discussed in more detail in Chapter 14.