Crime strategy

Crime Strategy Meetings

             When compiling data on crime, accurate data is needed in order to understand the illicit activities and implement the best policing strategies. However, there are possible measurement errors that are made and these errors may lead to discrepant results.  Example of measurement errors is response error and imputations error (Pepper & Sullivan, 2010). Response error means that when compiling data, I may misreport information. In other words, I may present information that is different from the actual opinion.  For example, the number of drug users may differ from the data collected by the National Crime Victimization Survey. To address these errors, I may encourage open-ended questions where the members would give more thought about the issues. Before presenting the data, I may avoid presenting data that have short collection period. The second measurement error is imputation errors. This means that when compiling the data, I may miss some important information and prefer to use data from the previous record (Pepper & Sullivan, 2010).  To address the measurement error, I would use multiple imputations to replace the missing values and eliminate the uncertainty and improve the validity.

 

In discussing the issue of crime reduction, I would use the geographic information system to understand criminal activity. Geospatial technology is the best method that will help identify the probable areas and implement the best police intervention (Wang, 2005). The system will help in understanding the prime location, the victim, and the offender. By analyzing this geographical information, it will be easier to implement strategies, programs and reduce crime.  The geographic information system will help understand the areas where crime is concentrated and where police resources are highly needed.  By using forward data mapping, the police department will benefit by understanding the crime areas and thereby reduce the time and operating costs (Wang, 2005). Using the system, I will understand the real incidents and provide quicker responses to the affected areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

 

Pepper, J., Petrie, C., & Sullivan, S. (2010). Measurement error in criminal justice data.

Handbook of quantitative criminology (pp. 353-374). Springer, New York, NY.

 

Wang, F. (2005). Geographic information systems and crime analysis. Hershey, PA: Idea Group

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