Southern New Hampshire University PSY 310 Criminal Data Worksheet
Instruc ons: Respond to PART I and PART II below and then resubmit this worksheet with your responses.
PART I
Instruc ons: Respond to the ques ons below.
1. Review the Uniform Crime Repor ng (UCR) website. What type of criminal data can you gather from this website? a. From the UCR website, I can nd informa on on crimes such as hate crimes sta s cs, Iaw enforcement o cers that were killed, arrests, homicides, crime reports, etc. This website compiles all crimes that are categorized in the crime database. The website makes it easy to nd speci c crimes and their details
2. Using the Criminal Data Guide document as a guide, what do you no ce about the informa on that you should ask about? Where should you look for this informa on? a. Using the Criminal Data Guide, I no ce that I am encouraged to ask speci c ques ons about the crime and the perpetrator. These ques ons include: "Who are they?", "What crime did they commit?" or "What was their mo va on?". I am looking for facts about the individuals that dis nguish them from others and facts about the crime. I can look for this informa on in the UCR to nd speci c crimes or criminals.
3. Is there a typical pro le for terrorists? Explain.
a. There is no typical pro le for terrorists, all crimes are unique tot the individual that commits them. Most terrorists will follow similar beliefs and act in similar ways, such as by kidnapping, spreading fear, crea ng public endangerment, etc. Some terrorists even have similar personality types in that they tend to be loners, narcissis c and easily manipulated. There is no certain pro le set for terrorists but there are some similari es
between them.
PART II
Instruc ons: Read through the scenario and respond to the ques ons below.
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Lisa is accused of luring a group of men into a park where they are a acked by a criminal street gang. She is also a gang member and this is part of her ini a on. She had a very strict upbringing and was
members who let her hang around with them. She started skipping school and commi ng pe y crimes such as the and burglary. Her gang got into a ght with a rival gang and she was injured, requiring
Using the Criminal Data Guide document as a guide, respond to the following:
1. What pieces of informa on are important for you to gather speci cally from the scenario above? a. The pieces of informa on that I found to be the most important to gather were that Lisa had been a member of a gang since the age of 13, that she was physically abused as a child and the pe y crimes she commi ed. Also, its important to note the deta