Juvenile Justice
1: What is the distinctions between official and unofficial sources of data on delinquency? official data is collect from governmental offices, DOJ, Juvenile courts or any data that are direct collected by government officials. Unofficial data is typically collected by secondary resources such as media, surveys and so forth. Unofficial data is less creditable because it cannot truly verify the validity of those information.
2: What types of data are contained in the UCR? The types of data contained in the UCR are the frequency and kind of offense, frequency of arrest, and the characteristics of the offenders. Moreover, crimes in the United States, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, and Hate Crime Statistics are also some sort of information with UCR.
3: How much of a problem is juvenile crime, according to UCR arrest data? As popular perception suggests that juvenile crime is on the rise, however based on data reported through UCR, it shows that juvenile arrests record for violent crimes declined 10% between 2008 - 2009. The overall decline is 9%over that same time (Slowikowski, 2011).
4: Why is it important to consider arrest rate trends when attempting to examine juvenile crime trends? Such information is important because it suggests the dynamics of communities, in fact, information can be used to serve law enforcement and agencies in solving crimes and tracking ongoing offenders. Moreover, it also allows police officials in preventing crimes in areas that have consistent trends.
5: What does the examination of juvenile arrest rate trends tell us about juvenile crime over the past 20 years? Over the pass 20 years the data shows 50% low-level since 1980
6: What are the primary uses of official data?
The primary use of official data is to record crimes, offenders by demographics. Also the data is compiled so is used by law makers, police departments as reference record-keeping.
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2: What types of data are contained in the UCR? The types of data contained in the UCR are the frequency and kind of offense, frequency of arrest, and the characteristics of the offenders. Moreover, crimes in the United States, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, and Hate Crime Statistics are also some sort of information with UCR.
3: How much of a problem is juvenile crime, according to UCR arrest data? As popular perception suggests that juvenile crime is on the rise, however based on data reported through UCR, it shows that juvenile arrests record for violent crimes declined 10% between 2008 - 2009. The overall decline is 9%over that same time (Slowikowski, 2011).
4: Why is it important to consider arrest rate trends when attempting to examine juvenile crime trends? Such information is important because it suggests the dynamics of communities, in fact, information can be used to serve law enforcement and agencies in solving crimes and tracking ongoing offenders. Moreover, it also allows police officials in preventing crimes in areas that have consistent trends.
5: What does the examination of juvenile arrest rate trends tell us about juvenile crime over the past 20 years? Over the pass 20 years the data shows 50% low-level since 1980
6: What are the primary uses of official data?
The primary use of official data is to record crimes, offenders by demographics. Also the data is compiled so is used by law makers, police departments as reference record-keeping.
7: Does the United