CRJ 101 AACC Crime Prediction Current Prevention Programs Discussion
elect one of the following goals from Chapter 12, Table 12.1 on of The Prevention of Crime for your initial post.
Table 12.1: Recommendations for increasing the use and rigor of evaluation methods in crime prevention.
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Goal
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Recommendation
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Reducing differences in lists of “What works”
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- Use systematic review processes
- Require rigorous evaluation standards
- Require consensus on evaluation standards by multiple experts
- Regularly update lists and evaluation standards
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Increasing the number of effective interventions
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- Employ rigorous, quasi‐experimental designs when randomized control trials are not feasible
- Use “adaptive” research designs to evaluate multi‐component interventions and policies
- Use emerging methods such as Social Network Analysis to evaluate social context interventions
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Examine the future of crime prediction using the recommendations listed beside your chosen goal, and incorporate the following:
- Based on your earlier research and readings, evaluate current prevention programs and how they might be changed in the future based on these goals.
- Analyze the impact of diversity in future crime prediction strategies, especially within law enforcement agencies that have little credibility with their communities today.
- Assess whether your chosen goal positively or negatively impacts social justice for all groups or just targeted segments of society.
Your initial post must be a minimum of 300 words. Support your post with examples from your required reading material and/or other credible and scholarly sources, using the Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sourcesdocument for guidance. Provide in-text citations in APA style, as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center.
For this discussion, you will visit Twitter and click on the little magnifying glass on the left side of the screen to reveal the search box to search Twitter. Then, do the following:
- In the search box, type the words “predictive policing” in the search box and click “enter” to initiate a Twitter search.
- Scroll down the page and review some of the tweets that mention the term predictive policing. Choose two tweets that interest you. Choose different tweets from those your classmates have chosen. Therefore, this is a good activity to do early in the week.
- Share the links to the tweets in the discussion board. See below for further instructions on what to include in your discussion.
- If you do not have a Twitter account, simply click on the tweet and copy and paste the URL for the tweet. Share the link on the discussion board. See below for further instructions on what to include in your discussion.
- In addition to the links to the two tweets you chose, please address the following in your discussion:
- Overall, what did you observe in reviewing the tweets from the Twitter search term “predictive policing?” For example, what concerns with predictive policing are addressed in the tweets?
- Were you able to make sense of what predictive policing is based on your review of the tweets on this topic?
- Based on your review of the recent tweets (in the past six months), did it appear that predictive policing is effective?
- If you were to reply to one of the tweets you chose about predictive policing, what would you say? (Remember that you can use only 140 characters or less on Twitter so be clever in your tweet.)
Your initial post must be a minimum of 300 words. Support your initial post with examples from your required reading material and/or scholarly or credible sources, using the Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sourcesdocument for guidance. Please provide both in-text citations and a references list at the end of your initial post in APA style, as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center.
