Excelsior Burglary Stats and Facts Annotated Bibliography & Paper

Question Description

submit an annotated bibliography upon which Paper 4 is to be based. This will act as the foundation of your research and guide your paper. Annotated bibliographies also gather the reference materials and help summarize the articles, books, etc. you will be using in your paper.

Choose and analyze a particular type of crime: robbery, sexual assault, burglary, homicide, property crime, etc… Research the crime statistics that have been reported via the UCR (Uniform Crime Report) maintained by the FBI.

Discuss the national, regional and state data for that crime, based upon where you live.

What are the most recent statistics?

Have they changed over time, and if so, by how much?

In a 4-5+ page paper (1000-1250 words), Write an introduction to the crime. Using what you have learned about crime reporting, and based upon research of your own, analyze the following:

Who seems to be most victimized by this crime?

Who appears to be the offender most of the time?

What is the clearance rate for this crime?

Do you feel these numbers accurately represent the actual prevalence of this crime? Why or why not?

Can you think of a better way to collect this data to make it more accurate?

Make sure you use citation and references to support any opinions you post or statements you make.

Submit an annotated bibliography:

upon which your paper is to be based. This will act as the foundation of your research and guide your paper. Annotated bibliographies also gather the reference materials and help summarize the articles, books, etc. you will be using in your case analysis.

with at least five (5) valid sources that you will use as the basis for your paper. See the following links if you are not familiar with how to write an annotated bibliography: Excelsior College (Links to an extern