Imagine
this scenario: It’s the 2nd week of the summer criminal justice
internship program, and you will be researching data related to the racial and
ethnic background of criminal offenders and victims to share with the interns.
Understanding the racial and ethnic demographics within your own community will
help the interns gain a better understand of diversity in criminal justice.
Use the “Explore
data by location and data set” section of the Improving access to
crime data page on the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer website, and research
crime, victim, and arrest data by race in your home state. Use the following
instructions to navigate to the information on that page:
On the “Explore by
location and data set” area of the page, you will see the “Data Collections”
dropdown menu. On the dropdown menu:
Select Crime.
Select Virginia
from the United States map below the menu.
Review the crime data
that populates for Virginia.
On the “Explore by
location and data set” area of the page, you will see the “Data
Collections” dropdown menu. On the dropdown menu:
Select Arrest.
Select Virginia
from the United States map below the menu.
Review the arrest
data that populates for Virginia.
Select the 2 criminal justice agencies in Chesterfield to compare
for this assignment.
To research the 2
criminal justice agencies selected:
Access “Criminal Victimization,
2018“ on the Bureau of Justice Statistics website data on
crime victimization, and review the breakdown of victims by race and
ethnicity.
Locate the 2 criminal
justice agencies’ demographic breakdown data on their local websites.
Select a crime type
and compare victims’ and offenders’ racial and ethnic breakdown as
reported by the 2 criminal justice agencies you have selected.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you:
Describe the 2
criminal justice agencies selected and each agency’s staff demographic.
Compare racial and
ethnic arrest data between the agencies selected over a 10-year span.
What is the
difference between the 2 related to the race and ethnicity of those
arrested?
Explain how this
information helps illustrate the disparity of criminal offenders and
victims.
Cite 2 references to support your assignment.