For this assignment you will examine and compare the various measures of criminal activity. There are two parts of this
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For this assignment you will examine and compare the variousmeasures of criminal activity. There are two parts of thisassignment.
Part 1: Examining the Measures of CriminalActivity
Briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages of each ofthese measures of criminal activity?
Part 2: Measures of Crime
For the second part of this assignment you will take a look at aUCR or Summary Reporting System (SRS) and a NIBRS measure of crime.Begin with looking at the SRS measure:
Now lets look at the NIBRS measure:
Using both of these data sets, what further information isprovided to you using the NIBRS versus the SRS data? Give a fewexamples of the differences in the data? Do you think as a citizenyou have a better understanding of the crime picture of Michigan?What did you find in the NIBRS data that might be more useful toyou?
Part 1: Examining the Measures of CriminalActivity
Briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages of each ofthese measures of criminal activity?
Part 2: Measures of Crime
For the second part of this assignment you will take a look at aUCR or Summary Reporting System (SRS) and a NIBRS measure of crime.Begin with looking at the SRS measure:
Now lets look at the NIBRS measure:
Using both of these data sets, what further information isprovided to you using the NIBRS versus the SRS data? Give a fewexamples of the differences in the data? Do you think as a citizenyou have a better understanding of the crime picture of Michigan?What did you find in the NIBRS data that might be more useful toyou?