Walden University Chapter 3 Crime Reporting and Perceptions Homework REQUIRED RESOURCES
Readings
Mallicoat, S. L. (2016). Crime and criminal justice: Concepts and controversies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 3, “Defining and Measuring Crime” (pp. 46–75)
Crime and Criminal Justice: Concepts and Controversies, by Mallicoat, S. L. Copyright 2016 by Sage College. Reprinted by permission of Sage College via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Federal Bureau of Investigation. (n.d.). Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. Retrieved July 27, 2018, from https://ucr.fbi.gov/
Bureau of Justice Statistics. (n.d.). Data collection: National crime victimization survey (NCVS). Retrieved July 27, 2018, from https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=245
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2018). Data. Retrieved from https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/s…
Media
Milgram, A. (2013, October). Anne Milgram: Why smart statistics are the key to fighting crime [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_milgram_why_smart_s…
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 13 minutes.
Walden University Library. (2018). Library webinar archives: Evaluating resources webinars [Multimedia file]. Retrieved from https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/c.php?g=80773&p…
Watch the webinar, Evaluating Resources: What About Stuff I Find on the Internet? Knowing When to Use and Trust What You Find on the Internet, on this page.
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 60 minutes.
Assignment: Reporting and Perceptions
An elderly man is exploited financially by his caregiver and does not report it. An undocumented immigrant is robbed at her workplace. A woman enters a police station to report a sexual assault that occurred a year earlier. A bystander captures a school shooting on his cell phone. All of these experiences contribute to the crime landscape and complicate statistics and perceptions.
In this Assignment, you further examine crime reporting—what gets reported, what doesn’t, and why—and the role of technology in the public’s perception of safety.
BY DAY 7 OF WEEK 3
Submit a 450- to 750-word paper in which you address these two parts:
Part 1: Crime Reporting
Explain how crime is reported by criminal justice authorities to the government.
Explain why 50% of serious crime may go unreported by citizens. Explain how this affects crime statistics kept by government entities, and support your explanation with examples from the reading.
Explain the factors that have led to a decrease in violent crime.
Part 2: Technological Influence
Explain how technology has affected the perceptions of safety and violence in society. In your explanation, refer to a current event or professional example and to the learning resources.
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