Cja 314 Crime Data Comparison Paper

Crime Data Comparison Paper Name CJA/314 Date Instructor Name Crime Data Comparison Paper Each year the FBI collects information from agencies around the nation that pertain to certain crimes, analyzes the information and publishes the information, which is known as Uniform Crime Reports.The two metropolitan areas that will be compared to each other in this paper are Mobile Alabama and Atlanta Georgia. When a crime is committed the police complete an incident report. This only happens if a victim comes forward and is willing to report the crime to police or the police catch a criminal committing a crime. Crimes such as burglary, sexual assaults, aggravated assaults, property crimes, and murder are just a few examples that are collected and analyzed each year. Crime rates each year may vary. The reason for this is that some crimes do not get reported by the victims. The population of a particular area may change.Every agency may not report crimes to the FBI for various reasons such as personnel shortages computer software issues or the way records are collected and kept. The FBI also has different publications on crime that can be viewed on the internet by using there site www.fbi.gov. In 2009