writing assignment

Part I: Visual Representation

• Locate the most recent crime statistics for your home town or a nearby area.
• Create a chart or graph to help you present the crime data.
• Note the distribution of crimes based on the statistics you found.
• Be sure to properly cite the data source.

Part II: Narrative Analysis

• Locate a police department within your state or a neighboring state that utilizes crime mapping technology.
• Explain how this technology is either being used or could be used to address the crimes you highlighted in your graph or chart.
• Explain how crime mapping could be utilized as a tool for law enforcement and other criminal justice professionals to help reduce and prevent crime.
• Explain how another technology could help in researching or preventing crime in tandem with or in addition to crime mapping, explain how.
• Explain how the presentation of crime mapping data and one’s understanding of that data affect a police officer’s daily experience on the job.
• Explain how the presentation of crime mapping data and one’s understanding of that data affect citizens’ understanding of their communitie