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Uniform Crime Reporting Project 1 Criminology SOC204: Guidelines for Crime Data Paper (Step 2) Learning Outcome Demonstrate you know how interpret crime rates per 100,000, explain and analyze the causes of violent crime in your town/city, and propose measures for violent crime prevention and control. The Assignment You are a criminologist hired by the Chief of the Police Department in your town/city and you are asked to produce a report analyzing the data collected for the step 1of the Data Crime Paper. To produce this report, you need to conduct research and analyze specific violent crimes happening in your town/city and propose measures for crime prevention and control. This is what you need to include in the report: A. Title: For instance: Violent Crime in Lynn, Analysis, Prevention and Control B. Introductory Points. • Provide a brief background about the town/city you are working on. This background should include socio-demographic facts such as: total population, main economic activity, rates of unemployment and poverty, most common types of violent crime and their patterns in your community. Also, indicate the period used for the collected data (for instance 2010 -2019). • You can search the Internet to find demographic information on your town/city; use the U.C.R databases to find information on most prevalent violent crimes in your town/city (always using rate per 100,000), and use Chapter 2, Section on Crime Patterns to suggest the patterns of the most common crimes in your town/city. • This section should be of a minimum of 250 words. Don’t forget to use in-text citations to indicate the sources whenever is needed. C. Data Analysis • Start this section by inserting the table comparing violent crime between the state and the town/city and the graph showing crime trends from the step 1 of the assignment. Please incorporate any feedback provided in the step 1 of the paper, if it applies. You can see the feedback on my grades. • Contrast and analyze the violent crime trends between the state and the town/city making any references to numbers in rates per 100,000. For instance, based on the trends show in the graph, how rates per 100,000 of violent crime in your town/city compared to the state? Are the lines following the same trends for both totals of violent crime? What are the differences? And what are the possible explanations to those differences. Click here for explanations on the use of rates per 100,000 and here for an example of comparison of murder rates per 100,000 in U.S. cities. http://www.robertniles.com/stats/percap.shtml https://www.thetrace.org/2018/04/highest-murder-rates-us-cities-list/ 2 • Analyze the causes and patterns of the most common violent crimes in your town/city identified in the in the introduction. Use Chapter 2, Section on Crime Patterns (Seasonal and Chapter 10, Causes of violent crime to discuss and explain on the causes of violent crime in your community. You probably will identify different patterns and causes depending on the type of most common crimes in your town/city. • For this section use a minimum of 400 words and at least four (4) in-text citations from the chapters in the textbook (that correctly follow the MLA style) to support your arguments or points, plus in-text citations from additional sources from the Internet (if used). D. Crime Prevention and Control • Based on your analysis in the previous section and the demographics in the introduction, advice the Chief of the Police Department in your town/city how to prevent and lower violent crime. In your strategy consider a combination of prevention, rehabilitation, and deterrence strategies. • Use sections on Public Policy on chapters (4 – 9) from Part 2 in the textbook for ideas on crime prevention and control depending on the main violent crimes identified in your community. • For this section use a minimum of 300 words, use in-text citations as you need them to support your arguments. D. Conclusion/Reaction Provide a short reaction about your findings. What is the most important thing your learned by completing the assignment? This section a minimum of 200 words. Format Use times New Roman, double space and 12 as a font size. In-text citations and the list of bibliographic sources must follow the MLA format style. See rules in “Handy Materials,” main menu. Rubric for Grading: Criteria Excellent: Fully meets/exceeds requirements Very good/Good: Somewhat it can be improved Fair/Poor: Needs major improvement Introduction 2 points -Presents concise and factual demographics on the city/town. -Presents most common violent crimes on town city and identify crime patterns. 1.9 – 1.4 -Partially presents concise and factual demographics on the city/town. -Partially presents most common violent crimes on town city and identify crime patterns. 1.3 – 0 Points Poorly or missed to present concise and factual demographics on the city/town. - Poorly or missed to present most common violent crimes on town city and identify crime patterns. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/ https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/ https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ 3 Data Analysis 3 points The table and graph comparing rates per 100,00 between the town/city and the state are correctly. The comparative analysis between the state and city/town is consistent with the data presented and demonstrates the correct use of rates per 100,000. Provides explanations on the patters and causes of the most prominent violent crimes in the town/city. The arguments presented are well supported with at least four in-text citations and uses a minimum of 400 words on the section. 2.9 – 1.8 Points The table and graph comparing rates per 100,00 between the town/city and the state are not fully correct. The comparative analysis of violent crime between the state and the city/town is partial and partially demonstrates the use of rates per 100,000. Provides partial explanations on the patters and causes of the most prominent violent crimes in the town/city. The arguments presented are well supported with less than four in-text citations and uses between 399 and 300 words on the section. 1.7– 0 Points The table and graph comparing rates per 100,00 between the town/city and the state are missing or are incomplete. The comparative analysis of violent crime between the state and the city/town is poor or missing and missed or poorly demonstrates the use of rates per 100,000. Misses to provides explanation on the patters and causes of the most prominent violent crimes in the town/city. The arguments presented are not supported with in-text citations and uses less than 299 words on the section. Crime Prevention and Control 3 points Presents solid and clear explanations on how the data gathered and the explanations on trends of violent crime can be used for crime prevention and control in the city/town. Presents practical examples of measures for crime prevention and control based on the analysis of data and prevention, deterrence, and rehabilitation strategies. Uses a minimum of 300 words on the section. 2.9 – 1 point Partially presents solid and clear explanations on how the data gathered and the explanations on trends of violent crime can be used for crime prevention and control in the city/town. Partially presents practical examples of measures for crime prevention and control based on the analysis of data and prevention, deterrence, and rehabilitation strategies. Uses between 299 and 200 words on the section. 0.9 – 0 points Presents no solid and clear explanations on how the data gathered and the explanations on trends of violent crime can be used for crime prevention and control in the city/town. Poorly presents or miss to present practical examples of measures for crime prevention and control based on the analysis of data and prevention, deterrence, and rehabilitation strategies. Uses less than 199 words on the section. Conclusion Presents a meaningful and thorough reaction to the findings as a conclusion. Uses a minimum of 200 words on the section. Presents a reaction to the findings as a conclusion that is not too meaningful and thorough. Uses between 199 and 100 words on the section. Presents a poor or miss to present a reaction to the findings as a conclusion. Uses less than 99 words on the section Format 1 point 0.9 – 0.5 points 0.4 – 0 points 4 It’s organized according to the guidelines It’s well written with no grammar and spelling mistakes. The MLA style is correctly in-text citations and bibliographic references. Includes a bibliographic list. It’s organized according to the guidelines It’s written with some grammar and spelling mistakes. The MLA style is inconsistently used for in- text citations and bibliographic references. Includes a bibliographic list. It’s not organized according to the guidelines. It’s written with numerous grammar and spelling mistakes. The MLA style is used with errors for in-text citations and bibliographic references. Missed to include a bibliographic list. Totals 8 7.9 - 6 5.9 - 0 Crime Paper step 1 Question 1 Number of violent in Massachusetts per 100,000, the year 2010-2019 Number of Violent Crimes in Lynn Per 100,000, Year 2010-2019 2010 30,553/6,547,629 x 100,000= 466.6 2010 764/ 86,340 x 100,000= 884.8 2011 28,219/6,587,536 x 100,000= 428.4 2011 804/ 90,880 x 100,000= 884.6 2012 26,953/ 6,46,144 x 100,000= 405.4 2012 754/91,846 x 100,000= 820.9 2013 27,667/6,692,824 x 100,000= 413.4 2013 814/91,769 x 100,000= 887.0 2014 26,339/ 6,745,408 x 100,000 = 390.4 2014 716/ 92,131 x 100,000= 777.1 2015 26,592/ 6,794,422 x 100,000= 391.3 2015 719/ 92,584 x 100,000= 776.5 2016 N/A 2016 N/A 2017 24,560/ 6,859,819 x 100,000= 358.0 2017 666 / 93,140 x 100,000= 715.0 2018 23,337/ 6,902,149 x 100,000= 338.1 2018 563 / 94,558 x 100,000= 595.40 2019 22,578 / 6,892,503 x 100,000= 327.5 2019 465/ 94,449 x 100,000= 492.32 Question 2 Table 1 Table 2 Massachusetts Total Violent Crimes (VC) and Rates per 100,00per 100,00 2010-2019 Lynn Police Dept. Total Violent Crimes (VC) and Rates per 100,000 2010-2019 Year Population Total Vc Crimes Per Year Year Population Total Vc Crimes Per Year 2010 6,547,629 30,553 466.6 2010 86,340 764 884.8 2011 6,587,536 28,219 428.4 2011 90,880 804 884.6 2012 6,646,144 26,953 405.4 2012 91,846 754 820.9 2013 6,692,824 27,667 413.4 2013 91,769 814 887 2014 6,745,408 26,339 391.4 2014 92,181 716 777.1 2015 6,794,422 26,592 390.9 2015 92,584 719 776.5 2016 N/A N/A N/A 2016 N/A N/A N/A 2017 6,859,819 24,560 358 2017 93,140 666 715 2018 6,902,149 23,337 338.1 2018 94,558 563 595