CRJ 101- Crime Reporting Compare and Contrast
Compare and contrast the two primary crime data sources used in the United States, i.e., the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The focus within your response should be centered on the methodological procedures and implications between the two crime data sources.
What if you are a police officer who has been assigned to patrol a crime-ridden part of your town? The area is well known to have a tremendous amount of gang and other youth violence. You come across a juvenile who is out well past his curfew, smoking marijuana. In exercising your discretionary decision making, what factors will you consider in deciding what to do with the juvenile? What will you do with the juvenile? How would your answer change if you had just had contact with the same juvenile under similar circumstances the night before?
Security Threat Groups are documented and recognized as part of the prison population. They differ from criminal street gangs as to their organization, purpose, and reach.
• Describe what is a security threat group.
• Summarize the causes and stages of a riot.
• Discuss how the introduction of security threat groups into riots change the dynamics.
Also, add references
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