Define crime mapping and explain its usefulness to police officials and patrol officers.
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation about an active criminal gang. Include the gang’s history, key members, gang life, and the specific crimes in which the gang is involved.
The presentation must feature 12–15 slides, not including your title and reference slides.
Use the GCU Library to locate three to five relevant sources in support of your content, no older than 5 years.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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Write a 750–1,000-word essay describing the “hot spots” in your city or town.
Define crime mapping and explain its usefulness to police officials and patrol officers. Describe the areas where crime rates are the highest and the areas where crime rates are the lowest. Describe all of the crime factors you can find: economic demographics, known types of crime, most common crime, police or security presence, community activities and involvement, etc.
Discuss the hot spot theories of crime and the time, days of the week, or other factors that may explain why crime is centered on the hot spots you have discovered.
In your research for this assignment, use official hot spot maps produced by your local police or sheriff’s department (no commercial sites) or interview a police officer or sheriff’s deputy from the crime analysis unit at their station and ask to see their electronic crime trend information.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
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