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RESPONSES 2
Replies to Dartivous Latimore
In view of Lageson (2017), the criminal justice system keeps official crime data,
including law enforcement officers’ reports regarding offenses and arrests, prosecutors’ charges
sheets, imprisonment information, criminal indictments, and grievances, as well as prison
releases. You discussed this very well. I found it pragmatic. It is essential to underscore that
official crime data is fundamental as far as the criminal justice system, intelligence system, and
law enforcement units are contextualized. For instance, when made open to the public, official
crime data significantly increases trust in the public and police officers. Such data is critical in
assessing crime and crime control in the States.
Through crime data, various governments can consider the most important aspects in a
given community, effectiveness of the existing policies and regulations, and helps such
governments plan on how to use allocated resources in the future (Lageson, 2017). The most
extensive problem in the use of crime data emanates from its unsuitability in data comparison.
Better policing is the most significant tool to reduce criminal offenses. In view of your
discussion, coupled with my understanding of the topic, I found Romans 12:2 as the most
suitable Bible reading in line with this topic.
References
Lageson, S. E. (2017). Crime-data, the internet, and free-speech: An evolving-legal
consciousness. Law & society-review, 51(1), 8-41.
RESPONSES 3
Reply to Isabella Sager
You explained how crime data offers invaluable intuitions into where resources need to
be channeled and various adjustments that can be initiated to prevent more crime from happening
in the future. This was very elucidating. In addition to your contribution, I feel that crime data
can help law enforcement officers track and understand the patterns of major crimes in various
states in the United States (Mosher, 2011). You further explained that this department has many
problems, especially in areas concerning the collection of official crime data. Some of the
collected data is not usually accurate. Moreover, there are those crimes that are not reported by
victims for fear of mishandled thereafter. Public policies preventing people from engaging in
criminal offenses should be enacted to mitigate crime instances in the future. The criminal
justice should burn the midnight oil to ensure that justice is delivered on time and fairly.
References
Mosher, C. J., Miethe, T. D., & Hart, T. C. (2011). The Mis-measure of crime (2nd ed.). Los
Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. 65.
