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PSY 310 Criminal Data Worksheet Instructions: Respond to PART I and PART II below and then resubmit this worksheet with your responses. PART I Instructions: Respond to the questions below. 1. Review the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) website. What type of criminal data can you gather from this website? The UCR Program provides reliable statistics on crime for law enforcement use. The online tool helps law enforcement and the public to better understand the large amounts of data on crime that is reported ( Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (UCR program) — FBI ). You can use the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer to look at different crimes all over the United States such as murder, hate crimes, property crimes, data on law enforcement agencies, violent crime, and victim demographics. You can also utilize the National Incident-Based Reporting System for information of an incident and others like it. You can find historical data on this website. You can also find hate crime statistics, data on law enforcement killed or assaulted, national use-of-force data, and law enforcement suicide data. Upon using the crime data explorer, I was able to then use the NIBRS tool to see all crime in the county that I live in including violent crime, individual offenses, forgery, property crimes, and more. 2. Using the Criminal Data Guide document as a guide, what do you notice about the information that you should ask about? Where should you look for this information? Using the Criminal Data Guide document, there is a lot of information that you should ask about when creating a profile. If you can, it would make the information easier to gather by having warrant or subpoena from a judge. You need to first assess whether this individual is known or unknown. Demographic information, pictures, police history, drug use, address, fingerprint results, criminal history for all 50 states or Interpol for any known individuals. Also, medical information, biological information, environmental, mental health, childhood, and more should be gathered. For unknown individuals you will need to gather information such as: where the crime was committed, how did the person escape, how are they blending in with society, were they acquainted with the victim, theory on how they select their target, psychological/environmental impacts on victims, substance use, childhood trauma, terrorist act, length of time between crime, and to watch for a changing MO. There are also a battery of assessments to consider utilizing when building a profile.

3. Is there a typical profile for terrorists? Explain. No, I don’t think that there is a typical profile for terrorists because they are always evolving, becoming more sophisticated. They are better at avoiding being detected and are now recruiting people who do not seem that they would be associated with terrorism (Merriam-Webster.com, 2017). Terrorist groups are also always changing and evolving. This makes the individual terrorist ever changing and no typical profile to profile. PART II Instructions: Read through the scenario and respond to the questions below. Lisa is accused of luring a group of men into a park where they are attacked by a criminal street gang. She is also a gang member, and this is part of her initiation. She had a very strict upbringing and was physically abused by her older brother and father growing up. At age 13, she befriended some gang members who let her hang around with them. She started skipping school and committing petty crimes such as theft and burglary. Her gang got into a fight with a rival gang, and she was injured, requiring stitches and x-rays. A police report was filed, although no charges were brought against her. Using the Criminal Data Guide document as a guide, respond to the following: 1. What pieces of information are important for you to gather specifically from the scenario above? Lisa’s demographic information. (Race, gender, height, weight, etc.) Also, where she is from. Geographic location. Family history, and the childhood trauma, medical history, arrest and police records and history. Whether Lisa has substance use or mental health issues. School records can be helpful to gather since she has had truancy issues. Biological information such as whether there are cognitive delays, impairments, or disabilities. Environmental information would also be helpful in this situation with building a profile or case due to her upbringing and the abuse from her older brother and father growing up. Gang-related criminal data for the geographic location of Lisa can be helpful information to gather. This can help us to understand the dynamics between different gangs in that area. 2. Thinking creatively, where would you gather the information to start work on your case in reference to the scenario above? You may use a bulleted list to demonstrate specific points you would need.

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