Criminology Statistical Analysis

Criminology Statistical Analysis

Introduction

The application and usage of statistical analysis and statistics on criminal justice and crime are of critical importance in enabling the government in implementation of anticrime programs. The implementation ensures the effectiveness of the programs thus ensuring that the population wellbeing is protected. It also aids in the assessment of impacts that the public policies and expenditure has socially concerning the justice system. Criminal justice in better understanding means the delivering of justice to those who have committed crimes. The other ultimate goals involve preventing other crimes, providing moral support to the victims and in the rehabilitation of the offenders. With this, therefore, the relationship in institutions like the police, prisons, courts, defence lawyers and the prosecutions are of great significant importance. The various statistical analysis, therefore, is of great help in illustrating the relationship existing among the different institutions of criminal justice. The analysis and comparison helps in determining the crime rates in different states of the country and the impacts that the crimes have on the lives of the people living in those states.

Crime statistics of Alabama, Alaska and Arizona states of the United States

The violent crime rates recorded in Alabama state specifically, Auburn-Opelika city as per 2017 statistics was 552 people per 100,000 people in the metro area. The whole Alabama state recorded a violent crime rate of 524 per 100,000 people as per the statistics. The murder cases in the Alabama metro areas was 12 people per 100,000 people as per the statistics. The whole Alabama state recorded murder case rate of 404 per 100,00 people. In Alaska, Fairbanks city the violent crime rate was 608 people per 100,000 people in the metro area. The whole Alaska state had a violent crime rate of 829 per 100,000 people as per the statistics in the same year. The murder cases were 10 per 100,000 in metro areas and 62 per 100,000 people in the whole state. In Arizona, Flagstaff the violent crime rate recorded in the same year was 384 per 100,000 in the metro areas and 508 per 100,000 people in the whole state. The murder cases were 11 per 100,000 in the metro areas and 416 per 100,000 people in the whole state(Kaplan,2018)..

Representation of violent crimes and murder cases in Alabama, Alaska and Arizona

United Nations data analysis on drugs and crimes

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime plays a role in educating people on dangers related to drug abuse and in strengthening the actions that prohibit illicit production internationally. In so doing, it aims at reducing drug trafficking and the crimes that are associated with illicit drug use. To ensure efficient and effective implementations of the policies the UNODC has carried statistics analysis for the various countries across the world on drugs and the related crimes. In the latest analysis Germany, United Kingdom and Canada reported the highest rates in the drug and the related crimes. The research involved recordings of cases paper 100,000 of people(Merz,2018).

Drug-related crime cases per 100,000 people for Germany, United Kingdom and

Data analysis of the National Crime Victimization survey in the united states

he National Crime Victimization survey through the bureau of justice statistics helps in data provision of crime victimization. This is done by conducting a national survey of approximately forty-nine thousand to seventy-seven thousand households. The research in the United States gives data on the frequency as well as the consequences of crime victimization among the American population. The survey involves the collection of representative samples from various residential addresses to provide information on the victimization characteristics. It also involves the collection of numbers and various types of crimes that might not have been reported to the authorities. The survey gives data information on vulnerable groups of people to the consequences of victimization (Lauritsen et al.,2016)

Crime victimization survey on female victims, teenage victims and school-based crime per 100,000 populations in the United States

Developing questions

1. Is the rate of violent crimes increasing or decreasing over time in the regions of the united states?
2. Is it a fact that European countries lead to the rate of drug-related crimes?

• What measures have the countries taken in solving the drug-related crime issue

1. Does it mean that females are the most victimized population on crime based violence?
2. Is it true that there is a significant number of crime victimization not reported to the authority?

Conclusion

In an attempt to ensure wellbeing and protection against crime, various national and international data analysis have been put in place. This is to provide the statistics of the affected population and the various means that can be used to control the situation.

References

Kaplan, J. (2018). Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2015.

Lauritsen, J. L., Owens, J. G., Planty, M., Rand, M. R., & Truman, J. L. (2016). Methods for counting high-frequency repeat victimizations in the national crime victimization survey.

Merz, F. (2018). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: World Drug Report 2017. 2017. SIRIUS-Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen, 2(1), 85-86.