Historical Crime Data Analysis.
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Overview
The measurement of social phenomena and crime has grown and evolved into a much more sophisticated process of data collection and analysis since the early days of crime data collection. For this assignment, you will use the data in Exhibit 2.5 of Chapter 2 in the Mismeasure of Crime text (Attached) as a basis for your submission. Exhibit 2.5 provides you with the homicide rate data for a sample of large U.S. cities for the years 1880–1915. Choose any three cities represented to perform a comparative analysis of the historical data.
Instructions
- Based on your reading of the Hernon and Schwartz article What Is a Problem Statement?(Attached), draft a narrowly focused problem statement that can be examined using appropriate criminal justice research methods for the data presented.
- Compare the 1880 and 1915 homicide rates in Exhibit 2.5 of Chapter 2 in your Mismeasure of Crime text to the most recent UCR homicide rates for the cities chosen. Retrieve the rates from the FBI’s UCR site: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s
- Analyze whether the current rates are higher or lower.
- Explain factors that might account for the differences.
Requirements
- Written communication: Must be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- Resources and citations: Format according to APA guidelines.
- Required page count: 3–5, not including the cover page or the references page.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Historical Crime Data Analysis
