Measures of Property Crime (2012
Data)
Select a crime and write a report
addressing the following:
Summarize the statistics from the
last two reporting years. Be sure to include demographic information such as
ethnicity, race, age, gender, marital status, employment status, socioeconomic
group, etc., and moderator variables related to the crime.
Examine the reliability and
validity of these statistics. Are they accurate? Why or why not? Be sure to
discuss how age, gender, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic level are related
to offending and representation in the criminal justice system.
Explain whether certain
populations are overrepresented in the statistics. If so, why?
Write a 3-4-page report in Word
format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources include citations
