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Mid Term Project Think about the tools and processes involved in crime analysis. Determine one major ethical issue that could arise. Write a 3-5 page paper that addresses the following: 1. Define the issue and ethical concerns surrounding it, 2. Explain your reasoning for choosing that particular issue, 3. And elaborate on various perspectives that may exist on that issue within the field of crime analysis. Use your textbook, class discussions, and current news stories to support your reasoning.

Mid Term Project Format: Include a title page with full name, class name, section number, and date. The paper should include an introductory and concluding paragraph and demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English The paper should be double-spaced in Arial or Times New Roman in 12 point font size Use examples to support your discussion. Cite all sources on a separate reference page at the end of your paper and cited within the body of your paper using APA format

Mid Term Project Compose your paper in Microsoft Word and save it in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn Unit 5 Project). Submit your assignment by selecting the Unit 5: Project Dropbox by the end of Unit 5. DO NOT SUBMIT IN.wps format!

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Unit 4 Understanding Basic Crime Analysis Statistics In this unit you are going to practice the basic statistical operations that a crime analyst would likely be called on to compute, mostly while acting as either a tactical or administrative analyst. So get your calculators out! Regardless of which type of analyst you are, you will be drawing upon these skills frequently. You will even use them to predict human behavior when you do crime forecasting in an upcoming unit.

Chapter 10 Chapter 10: Interpreting Crime Data and Statistics This chapter defines the various types of statistical operations an analyst might perform. It will be a foundation for your assignments in Units 6, 7, and 8. It is important to understand the terminology and what statistical operations an analyst performs and why. You want me to calculate what? Math is an important part of crime analysis. Imagine someone in your agency coming to you in a panic because he or she doesn't know how to figure out a math problem that someone, often the chief, is waiting to be resolved. Math dilemmas can include anything from calculating response times to figuring how many seconds in a year someone spent on a call. The work is diverse, so you need to make sure you aren't too intimidated by math. You can be assured that if there is a math dilemma in your agency, and someone isn’t sure how to calculate something, you as the analyst will be the first person asked to help. As a strategic analyst, you would likely encounter the need for this knowledge too, and you should be prepared for the occasion. Although it may sound daunting, the tools have already been created for you in the form of widely used statistical formulas. Learning how to use these formulas will be critical to your success as an analyst. You don’t have to like math, but you do have to know how to use it. Narrating your interpretation of crime data will be part of your job, as you will see when you view the CAR Annual Report under the Unit Resources. This underscores the importance of understanding the statistical portion of crime analysis.

Website – In unit 4 tab Website: Calculating Basic Statistics This PowerPoint presentation should provide you with specific formulas and examples of how they work. It might be helpful to print the presentation out for use in future assignments.

CAR – Crime Analysis Report You will gain an even clearer understanding of how crime analysts use statistics by viewing the CAR Annual Report. You will see how statistics are used in a police agency and how the analyst is expected to interpret them. View the link in the course under unit 4 tab

Unit 4 – what will you learn? Calculate basic stats Situations where stats are used in crime analysis Ethical conflicts in stats (crime analysis)

Key Terminology Statistics

Descriptive Statistics Descriptive statistics allow a researcher to describe or summarize their data. For example, descriptive statistics for a study using human subjects might include the sample size, mean age of participants, percentage of males and females, range of scores on a study measure, etc.. Descriptive statistics are often briefly presented at the beginning of the Results chapter. Inferential Statistics Inferential statistics are usually the most important part of a dissertation's statistical analysis. Inferential statistics are used to allow a researcher to make statistical inferences, that is draw conclusions about the data. Most of your dissertation results chapter will focus on presenting the results of inferential statistics used for your data.dissertation results CPjzyf6IyYwCFR6AWAodih7OaQ

Key Terminology Crime Data

These Crime & Justice Electronic Data Abstract spreadsheets are: aggregated data from a wide variety of published sources intended for analytic use include crime, justice and sociodemographic variables often contain data over time and by jurisdiction (click on this and learn)

Key Terminology Crime Analysis/Analyst

Crime Analyst What Is Crime Analysis? Crime analysis is a discipline of public safety analysis, which provides information support for the missions of law enforcement or criminal justice agencies. Strictly speaking, crime analysis involves: The study of criminal incidents The identification of crime patterns, crime trends, and crime problems The analysis of these patterns, trends, and problems The dissemination of information to a police agency so that the agency can develop tactics and strategies to solve patterns, trends, and problems Other types of public safety analysis include criminal intelligence analysis, criminal investigative analysis, and police operations analysis.

5-minute question What types of statistical situations might you encounter as an analyst and how will you be able to explain them?