-What are the current trends in the crime rate?
-What social and environmental factors do you believe influence the crime rate?
Identify any other factors you think may contribute to criminal behavior and the crime rate.
-Explain how you would investigate the occurrence of crime through research and theory development.
-Describe the various sources of crime data along with the advantages and disadvantages to collecting data from each source.
-Briefly explain the importance of crime research in the development of recidivism reduction strategies or crime prevention policies.
