Victims And Crime Reporting
Part 1
Imagine you are a consultant for the Department of Justice (DOJ). You have been asked to assess measures of crime and victimization. You will then present your findings to the Department.
Research the Internet to find three scholarly resources that focus on measuring crime statistics.
Review these crime databases:
• Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)
• National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
• National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
create a 15 slide (not including title and reference slides) PowerPoint presentation that includes audio or utilizes footnotes and that:
• Provides an overview of each of the crime databases listed above;
• Compares each system/database;
• Describes the advantages and disadvantages of each database; and
• Discusses whether combining databases would improve the understanding of victimization and better inform victimization reduction strategies.
Part 2
Next, imagine you have been hired by the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) to prepare an Executive Summary on the many impacts of crime victimization. The Executive Summary will be distributed to every state’s office of victim services to inform their planning for victim’s services. Next, let’s say the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) has hired you to write an Executive Summary about the many effects of being a crime victim. The Executive Summary will be sent to the office of victim services in every state to help them plan services for victims.
Research the Internet to find resources that focus on crime and victimization, specifically statistics of major crimes. Visit the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) website for more information.
Using the Walden Writing Center “Basics of Executive Summaries” as a guide, write a
5 page Executive Summary in which you:
• Provide an overview of crime and victimization in the United States and include current statistics of at least three major crimes (UCR Part I Crimes).
• Identify and describe three direct impacts of crime on victims and their families. Discuss whether these are short or long-term impacts.
• Explain which crimes have higher reporting rates and which crimes have lower reporting rates.
• Identify methods for improving rates of reporting for underreported crimes.
• Discuss how using statistics and improving reporting rates can lead to social change.
Support your Executive Summary with at least three scholarly resources (textbooks, peer-reviewed journals, and government publications).
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assign 2
Research and discuss a case of child abuse or neglect, either an act of commission or omission. In your discussion, state whether having a standard definition of child abuse and/or neglect would be beneficial and if so why?
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assign 3
APA FORMAT
All questions are worth 20 points:
What do you think did more to help improve the lives of children: the orphan trains or the sensational case of Mary Ellen Wilson?
How can one tell the difference between maltreatment and accidental injury? What are the warning signs in children or the elderly who may be maltreated, abused, and/or neglected?
Visit the website: http://www.llsdc.org/state-legislation or https://www.justice.gov/elderjustice/elder-justice-statutes-0 and find a bill or law in your state that addresses child maltreatment or elderly abuse. What is one bill or law that you found regarding child abuse or elderly abuse and what is its status? How might this bill or law affect the children or elderly in your state?
Is there an absolute definition of abuse and neglect? If not, should there be, why or why not? Please provide examples of abuse and neglect in your answer.
In your opinion, is one form off abuse or neglect worse than another? Be able to support your answer with information from your readings.
