University of Phoenix Material

Week One Assignment

Individual Assignment: Crime Data Comparison Paper

Resource: Films on Demand

"Crime and Punishment"

"Experiment Research and Design"

"Selecting a Sample"

Resource: Types of Crime videos in CJ Criminology

"Introduction to Crimes Kiosk"

"Defining and Measuring Crime"

Resource: 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...