Description
explore the official sources of crime data. Crime data is the foundation for theory building. Crime data makes it important for criminologists to identify patterns. Patterns help researchers and policy makers determine the best paths and solutions. Patterns also indicate if something is a onetime occurrence or a recurrent phenomenon.
Tasks:
Read any external source to prepare an 8 to 10 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. In your presentation:
- Identify four sources of crime data.
- Identify the data collection methods as well as the agencies in charge of the data.
- Describe the types of data collected (for example, crimes committed, offender data, and victim data).
- Describe the pros and cons of each data set.
- Describe three crime trends from the identified sources of crime data.
Note: Include a reference page formatted in APA style that links back to your in-text citations and supports your recommendations. Remember, you must have both in-text citations and references because they are linked to each other.
Explanation & Answer
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Sources of Crime Data Outline
This first part of the essay is an introduction that describes in details what the paper is
about.
The body part of the paper explains the four identified sources of crime data in United
States, describing their data collection methods as well as the agencies in charge of the data, types
of data collected and pros and cons of each data set.
The essay concludes by highlighting three crime trends from the identified sources of crime
data.
Sources of Crime Data
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Introduction
One of the complex phenomena to measure is crimes, but data collected
systematically is very important or fundamental in developing and evaluating
effective crime prevention strategies.
The United States has been collecting official criminal justice data uniformly
for long hence it has been valuable.
Here are four sources of crime data, each described separately highlighting
data collection methods as well as the agency in charge of the data, and types
of data collected, their pros and cons.
Four sources of crime data
The four identified sources of crime data in...
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