Southern New Hampshire University PSY 310 Criminal Data Worksheet Meghan Mahoney Instructions: Respond to PART I and PART II below and then resubmit this worksheet with your responses. PART I Instructions: Respond to the questions below. 1. Review the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) website. What type of criminal data can you gather from this website? Criminal data can be found through the National Incident-Based Reporting System, Hate Crime Statistics, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, the National Use-of-Force Data Collection, Crime Data Explorer, and finally the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection. 2. Using the Criminal Data Guide document as a guide, what do you notice about the information that you should ask about? Where should you look for this information? After looking through the document guide, I think it is important to focus on the basic questions, which will then stem out to deeper questions. Questions such as Who? When? Where? Why? How? and so on. These questions will build a base of knowledge for the cases. This information can be found in crime data explorer icon and the information will be given (varying by state). 3. Is there a typical profile for terrorists? Explain. I would say there is a typical profile for terrorists, even though it is not always true. Usually the profiling is a foreign man in his young adult years that has had previous problems with anger or violence. PART II Instructions: Read through the scenario and respond to the questions below. Lisa is accused of luring a group of men into a park where they are attacked by a criminal street gang. She is also a gang member and this is part of her initiation. She had a very strict upbringing and was physically abused by her older brother and father growing up. At age 13, she befriended some gang members who let her hang around with them. She started skipping school and committing petty crimes such as theft and burglary. Her gang got into a fight with a rival gang and she was injured, requiring stitches and x-rays. A police report was filed, although no charges were brought against her. Using the Criminal Data Guide document as a guide, respond to the following:
Southern New Hampshire University 1. What pieces of information are important for you to gather specifically from the scenario above? Lisa's abuse is an important factor to the motives of her behavior in said gang relations. It is important to gather information on the physical injuries of Lisa, such as prolonged possible mental or physical disabilities that could cause problems within Lisa's behavior. Doing research and gather information on the gang would only enhance the research, whether learning about the roots or motives of the gang relations. 2. Thinking creatively, where would you gather the information to start work on your case in reference to the scenario above? You may use a bulleted list to demonstrate specific points you would need. . I would begin by gathering reports from the police,