Assignment:
Part I: Visual Representation
- Locate the most recent crime statistics for your home town or a nearby area.
- Create a chart or graph to help you present the crime data.
- Note the distribution of crimes based on the statistics you found.
- Be sure to properly cite the data source.
Part II: Narrative Analysis
- Locate a police department within your state or a neighboring state that utilizes crime mapping technology.
- Explain how this technology is either being used or could be used to address the crimes you highlighted in your graph or chart.
- Explain how crime mapping could be utilized as a tool for law enforcement and other criminal justice professionals to help reduce and prevent crime.
- Explain how another technology could help in researching or preventing crime in tandem with or in addition to crime mapping, explain how.
- Explain how the presentation of crime mapping data and one's understanding of that data affect a police officer's daily experience on the job.
- Explain how the presentation of crime mapping data and one's understanding of that data affect citizens' understanding of their communities.