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- Crime and Punishment
- Experiment Research and Design
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View the following Crime videos in CJ Criminology:
- Introduction to Crimes Kiosk
- Defining and Measuring Crime
View the following video in Criminology in the 21st Century:
- How Crimes are Measured
Utilize FBI Uniform Crime Report data and select one offense, such as burglary, in two metropolitan areas.
Choose metropolitan areas with different data.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper comparing the occurrence of the offense in the selected areas. Identify the number of occurrences reported to the police for each area, and address the following questions:
- Which area had more reported incidents?
- What were the rates of the crime for each area?
- Did the rates change over time in either area?
- What factors might explain the differences in the rates?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: Measuring Crimes
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Measuring Crimes
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Measuring Crimes
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Measuring Crimes
Crime refers to an action of omission that constitutes offenses that are prosecuted by the
state and are punishable by law (Durfee & Fetzer, 2016). Crime measuring is an important topic
though criminologists have frequently overlooked it. This is unfortunate because any crime data
is needed for testing offending and victimization theories. This helps in the understanding of the
effectiveness of public policies. Three primary sources of criminal data exist, and these include
official reports provide by the police, victims survey and self-reports provided by the offenders.
In the United States, crime data focuses on how the data itself was collected. The data obtained
has a broad applicability primarily because the United States systems serve as the model for
efforts of data collection in other countries.
Also referred to as metro areas or commuter belts, metropolitan areas refer to regions that
are densely populated in urban ...
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