MAPPING DB 4
Length 500 words at least
Crime trends are formed from reports of crimes that have already occurred. Areas are mapped and marked with what time and what type of crime occurs over a specific period of time (a large database is used, a record that holds a full year of information is more accurate than just a few days, a week, or a month).
There is one fundamental problem with reported crime. The shortcoming in any analysis of crime is what criminologists call the dark figure of crime. The total amount of crime consists of the following two things:
- The amount of crime reported to the police
- Crimes not known to the police
- Is there any way a local police department may gather information on crimes that were never reported?
- How would the local department handle unreported crimes in a confidential and private manner?
- Give suggestions on how this may be accomplished and if you think that it could be accomplished?
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