CJA 204 Week 2 Measuring Crime Paper

Measuring Crime Paper

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that examines crime

measurement in the United States. Address the following:

? What instruments are used to measure crime in the United

States?

? What are the major crime reporting programs? What are the

purposes of major crime reporting programs?

? What are crime rates, arrest rates, clearance rates, and

recidivism rates?

o According to the "Myth v. Reality: Crime has been Steadily

Increasing" CJi Interactive video, in what ways can crime

rates be deceiving? How do crime rates relate to arrest

rates? Is there a better solution to improving the correlation

between crime rates, arrest rates, and clearance rates in the

effort of combating criminal activity?

? What can crime and recidivism...