crime rate comparison

Write a 1,200-1,500-word paper. Go to the Disaster Center website, www.disastercenter.com/crime/. Review the crime   rate nationally then select links to two different state report.   Compare the recent crime rates in those two states.

Include the following:

1. Report on the prevalence of the crimes you have examined.
2. Propose a causal explanation for variation in crime between     states, over time, or both.
3. Predict future outcomes based     on the temporal analysis of the variables.
4. What research     design would you propose to test this explanation? Explain.