Data Analysis-Why? A. To study and examine data collected 1 Synthesis of data B. Identify community strengths C. Identify community health needs D. Determine need for further data collection: 1. find if research has been done. 2. Data gaps: determine need for further data collection. Make sure you can support data gaps with information from assessment. E. Look for trends/patterns; how often do you see a recurrent theme? F. Discovery of causative relationships: the R/T portion. I. Basic
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Shade Professor Robert Roth CRJ 105 Crime and Criminal Behavior November 1 , 2014 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss when a criminal attacks a victim whether it may be physical or not it can cause harm to the victim in different ways. Many situations can lead to a person becoming a victim of a crime and this paper will discuss some theories of victimization. Also, there researched can be used to obtain data on crimes that were not reported to law enforcement
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guns mean more violence and fewer guns, therefore, mean less violence (Godwin 281). While the hearts and souls of the regulatory author are well placed, all too often the resulting debate is rooted in erroneous statistics and unrepresentative comparisons. To illustrate Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced Assault Weapons Ban legislation that would ban any weapon with a grip on the premise they are too easy to get and used too often for bad (Feinstein). The NRA states “the average annual number of
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Table of Contents 1. Crime Data Sources 2. Comparative Criminology in a Globalized World 3. Crime Rates in Different Countries 4. References Crime Data Sources As is the case with all factually based studies, the source of the data utilized in the study must be reliable and accurate. The same is true for comparative criminology. How are law enforcement professionals to believe
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gun-related murders, and video game spending per capita. In this comparison the numbers shows that in America the amount of games sold is in the same range of that of other countries; however the major difference in this comparison is that unlike the other countries that also play these many games, the United States of America’s gun related murders are higher up than any other countries. If video games were the reason for violence and crimes then these other countries that play the same amount of games
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on a “tough on crime” criminal justice system has been a topic of debate amongst all citizens. In this paper, a comparison of statistical evidence and treatment rates will be discussed. The purpose is to stipulate evidence of declining crime rates, and alternative sanctions to the crime bill c-10. In addition, a consultation of rehabilitation methods and apprehension of why there is a disproportionality of Aboriginal people in the Criminal Justice System will be explored. The data discovered suggests
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magazines were also banned, thus intending on reducing the homicide rate since criminals would not be able to have magazines that could carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Using various sources of data, the ban will be decided to have succeeded in its intended purpose or if it had failed given the data that will be scrutinized. The main thing that people wanted out of this ban is that less people will be killed, and there are many people who will take both sides of the fence in this argument. The
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Christopher McCormick’s (2010), Constructing Danger: Emotions and the Mis/ Representations of Crime in the News, is a collection of news media excerpts that McCormick analyses in relation to archived police reports and statistics, victimization and self-report surveys, along with condensed versions of ‘professional’ lectures given at a conference about how the media reports crime. Before I elaborate on how McCormick structured his analyses throughout his book and its relevance to his critiques, I
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under the age of 18 is considered to be a juvenile. Fbi uniform crime reporting program is the basis of how data crime statistics are reported, tracked, and observed. Based on the data, the FBI prepares its annual Crime in the United States statistical compilation, which summarizes crimes known to the police and arrests made during the reporting calendar year. This information is used to describe the extent and nature of juvenile crime that comes to the attention of the justice system according to
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as to the place of death. Entomology can determine if a body has been moved or disturbed. This information can be critical to solving a crime. Bloodstain Pattern Analysis can be helpful in the determination of a crime scene provided that there is bloodstain present. It can determine whether something or somebody has been moved, and it can tell whether a crime scene has been contaminated through swipe patterns, and blood transfers. It can provide the direction of travel that the victim, or perpetrator
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