JUS-104 Topic 7 Criminological Analytics Worksheet PDF

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This is about what a criminologist is, what they do, who benefits from a criminologist, and how do they benefit?...

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JUS-104 Topic 7 Criminological Analytics Worksheet Instructions: Please review and respond to the following questions. Make sure responses are substantive in nature and meet the required word count. There should be at least one reference per question. 1) A criminologist may use the analytical tool of link analysis. What is link analysis and how is it utilized? (50 to 100 words response) Link analysis is a data analysis procedure. This technique is a visually presenting network of nodes and links. The nodes are specific data points and the links are the connections between the points. It is utilized by not only law enforcement. Law enforcement uses it to reveal links, see patterns and behaviors, and gain insight that can demonstrate, resolve, or counteract crime. Donoho, S. (2005). Link analysis. Data mining and knowledge discovery handbook, 417432. 2) What is institutional anomie theory? Does this theory seem plausible? (100 to 150 words response) Institutional anomie theory says that crime is explained by the assessment of society. This is an American theory. I think that this theory has some merit. When you look at crime and how a society is some things will be explained, but not all of the crimes would be that way. Robbery, car theft, assault, and others can be seen as something that society is responsible. This theory is similar to the strain theory. Now this theory is not always true. Sometimes crimes happen that have nothing to do with society. More often than not society only plays a role in why a crime happens. Muftić, L. R. (2006). Advancing Institutional Anomie Theory: A Microlevel Examination Connecting Culture, Institutions, and Deviance. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 50(6), 630–653. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X06287284 3) What is deviant place theory? Does this theory seem plausible? (100 to 150-word response) Deviant place theory is when a person is in a dangerous area, then they are more likely to become a victim of a crime. Someone is to go into dangerous areas often the more likely something is to happen to them. This means that a person walking down a street in the bad part of town, they are more likely to me mugged, rapped, physically assaulted, or shot. My parents always forced us to stay out of certain areas in my town and the towns around us. They had fear that we would get hurt if in that area. I personally think that there is credibility in this theory. When you are watching the news or reading papers, it © 2021. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.

shows that those areas have a high crime rate. That high crime rate can spill onto the general people who are just passing by. GCU. (2019, September 16). 3 Modern Theories of Victimology. https://www.gcu.edu/blog/criminal-justice-government-and-publicadministration/3-modern-theories-victimology 4) In the context of criminology, what is event charting? How is it used by a criminologist? (50 to 100 words response) Event charting is similar to a timeline. Investigators focus on individual incidents in order to develop an overview of the crime. These charts answer the question of “what were these individuals activities leading up to a crime?” A criminologist would be the one who is making this making these lists to help officers or investigators to understand what led up to the crime and the crime itself. This would help to solve investigations around the crime. Time-Event Charting and Link Analysis. (2012). Ebrary. https://ebrary.net/109901/law/time_event_charting_link_analysis 5) What is deductive logic? How might a criminologist engage in deductive logic in their work? (100 to 150 words response) The process of reasoning statements to reach a conclusion that would be logical is called deductive logic or reasoning. During deductive logic conditionals, and links premises with conclusions. A criminologist would take the data that they had acquired to come to a conclusion using deductive logic. They would want to come to the most logical conclusion they could with the information that they had. It would also be good when considering suspects. Deductive reasoning and logic would look at motives, plausibility, and guilt of the potential suspect. Being able to arrive at a logical conclusion would be a necessity in this line of work. Bradford, Alina. “Deductive Reasoning vs. Inductive Reasoning.” LiveScience, Purch, 25 July 2017, www.livescience.com/21569-deduction-vs-induction.html. 6) How is criminology helpful to law enforcement? Provide specific examples of when criminology theory has assisted law enforcement? (100 to 150 words response) Criminology is helpful to the police force because they help develop profiles of types of crimes and collect data on the crime rates. This helps prevent crimes and to apprehend the offenders once the crime has happened. Those that work as a criminologist are also responsible for hypothetical explanation of criminal behavior. Criminologists are effective because there is a drop in crime in the 30 largest states in the country. There was a crime spike during 2015 and 2016. However that spike died down and the next three years all crime dropped to a record low. Lau, Tim. “Crime Rates in Largest U.S. Cities Continue to Drop.” Brennan Center for Justice, 12 June 2019, www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/crimerates-largest-us-cities-continue-drop.

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