Point System Explanation
系统重点介绍
College Degree (Education Component)
Points for education are based on documentation of an earned degree from an accredited college.
The IACA certification committee has decided that degrees do not have to be specific to criminal
justice or crime analysis. For example, if you have a BS in Sociology, Criminal Justice, English
or electrical engineering, you will receive the 20 points awarded for a Bachelor’s Degree. We
believe that the applicant who has any degree from an accredited college deserves educational
points because the applicant has proven the ability to apply him/herself successfully to academic
study. The skills needed to earn a degree – the ability to learn and demonstrate what one has
learned – are essential to the role of the crime analyst. Ten points are awarded for an Associate’s
Degree in arts or science (2-year degree), twenty points for a Bachelor’s in arts or science (4-
year degree), and thirty points for a graduate degree in arts or science. The committee decided
that a degree higher than bachelor’s degree was to be considered over the basic requirements for
the work of a crime analyst; thus, providing more points for a doctorate would unfairly skew the
point system in favor of education.
Work History (Experience Component)
Points are awarded for experience as a crime analyst or crime analysis supervisor, or a
combination of years of experience in both roles. Since three years of experience are required to
take the exam, meeting this requirement automatically gives the applicant twenty points.
Experience as an intelligence analyst, other type of law enforcement-related analyst, or military
analyst also counts toward the crime analyst years of experience. Five years of experience is
awarded forty points; ten years of experience is awarded sixty points. The committee voted for
this point distribution in order to recognize the value of applicants who have a great deal of law
enforcement experience but limited higher education. Additional points of two per year are
awarded for other criminal justice experience, such as working as a police officer, dispatcher, or
other criminal justice positions, up to a maximum of twenty points (section b). Applicants may
earn points for both crime analysis experience AND other criminal justice experience. For
example, an individual with three years of experience as a crime analyst and ten years experience
as a police officer earns twenty points for the analyst experience and twenty points for the officer
experience for a total of forty points. All work experience must be documented on agency
letterhead.
College Accredited Courses (equivalent of 3 semester credit hours, grade of C or better)
Other education points may be earned by documented successful completion (a grade of “C” or
higher) of college-accredited courses considered highly relevant to the work of the crime analyst.
The classes fall into five categories; six points are awarded per class for a possible total of thirty
points in this category. No more than six points can be earned for any one type of class. The five
course categories are:
• GIS – A college level course specific to using a geographic information system such as
ArcView or MapInfo.
• Research Methods – A college course with content that focuses primarily on social
science research methods.
• Statistics – A basic introductory to statistics course OR its equivalent OR a higher-level
statistics course.
Introduction to Criminal Justice – An introduction to criminal justice course OR its
documented equivalent OR a higher-level criminal justice course.
Introduction to Criminal Behavior – An introduction to criminal behavior or criminology
course OR its documented equivalent OR a higher-level criminal behavior or criminology
course.
Applicants may earn points for both degrees AND specific classes. For example, if an applicant
has a degree in Criminal Justice and has taken 5 of the six classes during the course of his/her
schooling, points for the degree AND for each of the specific classes would count towards the
point total. The purpose of this is to emphasize the importance of these classes, and to give an
advantage to analysts who have degrees related to criminal justice as opposed to other topics.
Continuing Professional Education
Continuing professional education consists of classes or a training program provided by a college
or other educational organization for credit, continuing education units, or a certificate of
completion. A grade could be awarded as “Pass/Fail” or “Credit/No Credit,” provided that
“Credit” or “Pass” is equivalent to a “C” or better. These courses serve the purpose of updating
the knowledge and skills of working analysts. Any education related to any of the skill set items,
but which does not fall into any other aforementioned education category, should be submitted
for consideration under this category.
College courses falling into this category must be post-degree, meaning that classes taken during
the course of earning a degree are not eligible. Other types of continuing education (i.e., non-
college) are eligible regardless of when they occurred. If the applicant does not have a college
degree at all, any courses taken related to the skill set may be applied under this category. The
applicant can earn one point per 12 hours of course work, making a semester-long college course
worth 3 points. A maximum of 20 points can be applied in this category.
Seminars/Conferences
Analysts attending regional or national conferences in order to enhance their knowledge and
skills can qualify for additional points by submitting certificates of attendance. Sustained
learning of tools/techniques and network building are important accomplishments for successful
analysts, and they help the analyst to stay current in his/her field. Your presence at each seminar
and conference relating to law enforcement analysis is worth one (1) point, with a maximum of
five points. These conferences can have taken place at any time within your career, and you
must provide a certificate of attendance and/or completion for documentation.
Presentations & Instruction of Classes
This criterion is reserved for presentations made or classes instructed by the applicant, not
attended by the applicant. Presentations tend to be short-term addresses, given at conferences or
other training venues. Presentations differ from classes in that attendees are not required to
present proof that stated objectives were met, and no grade is assigned. In order to qualify in this
category, the presentation must have had a minimum duration of approximately thirty (30)
minutes. Informal, in-house presentations that are part of an analyst’s typical duties will be
excluded. Examples of excluded presentations are:
Regularly scheduled patrol or investigative briefings
Routine Information Sharing
Neighborhood Watch Meetings
COMPSTAT Briefings
Command Staff Meetings
New Employee Orientations
Informal presentations to City Council on crime trends and statistics
Any presentation not relating to crime analysis or to skill set items
Documentation must be provided for any presentation, in the form of an outline, handout, a copy
of the PowerPoint (or equivalent) file itself, or documentation from the hosting entity. The
Certification Commission will use their discretion, if necessary, regarding whether a presentation
can count toward this requirement.
Classes tend to be ongoing commitments in which the student is awarded credit in the form of a
grade, continuing education units, or a certificate of completion of stated objectives. Students
are more participatory than presentation attendees. A class would most likely be taught by the
analyst in the setting of a college or university, where the analyst is compensated for his/her
work.
If an applicant feels that their class and/or presentation should qualify even though it does not
meet the above guidelines, he/she can submit a request for consideration to the Certification
Commission.
Publications
Applicants are awarded three points for publishing an article, paper or book related to the field of
crime analysis. Three points are awarded per separate, individual publication, for up to five
publications, for a maximum of fifteen points. A self-published book related to crime analysis
may count as one publication. Articles in the IACA Forecaster, peer- reviewed journals and
various law enforcement publications would apply. Letters to list servers and publications on
web pages would not apply. A copy of the publication(s) and documentation must be submitted
with the certification application. The Certification Commission reserves the right to decide the
applicability and relevance of the publication.
Professional Association Memberships
Being actively involved in professional associations – regionally, nationally or internationally –
provides access to divergent viewpoints and improved networking. For every criminal justice-
related professional association in which an analyst is a current, verified member, he/she can
receive one (1) point, not to exceed a total of five (5) points towards certification. These
associations can be local/regional crime analysis associations or academic associations affiliated
with criminal justice or social science. A current certification of membership must be submitted
to the Certification Commission for consideration of credit. Past memberships will be honored if
they were valid within the last five years, with the exception of IACA membership, which must
be current. Service on the board of a professional association is worth three (3) points instead of
the standard one (1) point, because of the amount of knowledge and involvement indicated by holding an office. The number of points will be determined by the number of organizations with
which the applicant is involved, not by the number of years involved.
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