Criminology - C6,7,8 Scholarly Activity

Criminology

C6Scholarly Activity

For this scholarly activity, you will do further research on patterns of offenses and victimization. Research the crime rates in both your local area and in the nation.

Include responses to the following points in your scholarly activity:

1. Research the murder and aggravated assault data for the past four years. Find national data as well as data in your current city or town (or nearest metropolitan area).

2. Explain the national and local rates. Have they gone up or down? How do they compare? Do you see trends? To what do you attribute the differences?

3. Explain the terminology/definition of each crime. How do they differ?

4. Describe the characteristics of the crime, the offenders, the victims, and the event (location, weapon, and when it occurred).

5. What are the differences in arrest and clearance rates?

6. After learning more about these crimes, pick a theory from an earlier unit, and use it to explain the possible reasons people commit these crimes in your area.

Your scholarly activity must be a minimum of two pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages. You are required to use at least two outside sources; one source must be from the CSU Online Library.

C7ScholarlyActivity

This scholarly activity will include further research on white-collar crime. Visit the site below, and explore the different components of white-collar crime:

Federal Bureau of Investigation. (n.d.). What we investigate: White-collar crime. Retrieved from https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/white-collar-crime

Then, include the following points in your scholarly activity:

· different types of crime that are categorized as white-collar,

· the victims of these crimes, and

· the reasons why you believe it is difficult to enforce these laws.

Your scholarly activity must be a minimum of two pages in length (not including the title and reference pages). All sources used, including the referenced website for this activity, must be cited and referenced using the appropriate APA format.

 

C8CaseStudy

Glassberg, J. (2015). The ransomware threat. Law Enforcement Technology, 42(9), 33-35.

(Let me know if you can access the reading material for this assignment, please)

Then, write a case study that answers the following questions:

· What was the problem? What were the effects of the problem?

· What is the profile of the hacker?

· What can be done to protect against the threat?

· What should be done if a computer is infected with ransomware?

· What type(s) of cybercrime was/were involved in this article? Does the identified offender fit the characteristics for this type of cybercrime?

Your assignment should be a minimum of two pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages, and you should use APA formatting.