CJ102-4: Identify major crime trends and patterns in the United States.
PowerPoint Assignment
For this Assignment, create a narrated PowerPoint presentation about the crime trends in your state. In a minimum of 15 PowerPoint slides (excluding the cover and references slides), addresses the following items:
- Your states homicide numbers from the UCR (which will include not only homicide but non negligent manslaughter) from 1990-2015 (past 25 years)
- The rates for those years
- Are the rates going up or down? That is, what are the trends?
- How does your states rate compare with the national rate?
- What are the causes/patterns of homicide in your state?
PowerPoint Format:
- Use the slide notes section in the presentation to include information that follows your narration, being sure to follow the conventions of Standard English.
- Slide content should include brief points that identify the areas that will be addressed in the narration.
- In-text citations should be included with any brief points that were researched from outside sources and the narration should fully explain the points
- Cite all sources on a separate reference slide at the end of the PowerPoint and reference each source in the body of the presentation using APA format.
- Identify the source of any pictures you use, being sure to cite them correctly in APA style using in-text citations.
