Controlling crime rates in our communities

INTRODUCTION5

PROBLEM STATEMENT5

HYPOTHESIS5

CONTEXT OF NEWS ORGANIZATIONS6

Police Performance Critique with Crime Rates Reference6

HISTORY & PROBLEM BACKGROUND6

Possible Reasons and Relative Factors7

Technological Advancements7

Increase in Criminal Activities due to Unemployment and Bankruptcy Rates7

Reduction in Police Personnel8

Management's Perceptions8

DEFINITION OF VARIABLES8

Independent Variable8

Dependent Variable9

IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT9

The Problem9

Chances of Complete Problem Solution10

Chances of Increment in Criminal Activity Rate10

Effects on Children & Family10

Installation of Cameras10

Being Proactive11

FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS12

Step 1: Problem Definition12

Step 2: Defining the Change Objective12

Step 3: Identification of Driving Forces12

Step 4: Identification of Restraining Forces13

Step 5: Identification of Pros13

Step 6: Identification of Cons13

DEFINITION OF TERMS14

Crime14

Law Enforcement Agency14

Police15

Budget Constraints15

Crime Rate15

Security Cameras15

Cost Benefit Analysis15

Optimization16

LITERATURE REVIEW16

BACKGROUND & LAWS20

Police will watch Gasparilla crowd with cameras bought for RNC20

Los Angeles Police Department Decides to go down the Technology Path21

NYPD and Microsoft launch advanced citywide surveillance system22

STATISTICS & PRIOR RESEARCH STUDIES22

Statistical Significance22

A Reduction in Crime Rates within the Past Decade23

Installation of Security Cameras23

A Vision Ahead24

Prior Researches24

POLICIES, PROCEDURES & EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION25

Security Camera Policies25

Security Camera Installation Procedures26

Educational Information27

DATA COLLECTION PLAN27

Sample Population28

Sample Size28

SUMMARY RESULTS28

DESCRIPTION OF METHODOLOGY & INSTRUMENT29

Selection of Instrument29

LIMITATIONS OF DATA COLLECTION PLAN30

EXISTING INFORMATION30

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS31

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH31

REFERENCES32

Controlling crime rates in our communities

Introduction

Crime refers to violation of a society's, federal government or state jurisdiction's criminal laws, for which there is no legally acceptable excuse or justification (Akpom & Tammy, 2002). From the beginning of civilization, people have been indulging in criminal activities throughout the world. However, the law enforcing agencies work untiringly day and night to bring an end to the activists working to bring harm to society. Unfortunately though, in the past few decades, the rates of criminal activities have increased drastically; posing a question towards the power of the law enforcing agencies. Many reasons including budget cutbacks, lack of resources and management decisions are behind such increasing crime rates. In order to better understand the increasing crime rates, the reasons behind it and the possible solutions; an in depth discussion and evaluation regarding the relevant factors is required.

Problem Statement

The crime rates are increasing day by day at an alarming rate in our societies as there are less police officials in the communities due to budget problems.

Hypothesis

There is an impact of state criminal laws, budget problems on less police officials and number of security camera installations on the increasing crime rates within the society.

Context of News Organizations

Numerous organizations work at the local, state and national level to solve the crime problems of the nation. All these organizations have different jurisdictions and work in a combined manner to reduce the criminal activity rate to the minimum level.

Police Performance Critique with Crime Rates Reference

One of such organizations runs by the name of Police. Batten (2010) defines Police as a body that is sanctioned by either local, state or the national level government to enforce laws and capture those who break these laws. The news providing organizations are always ready to provide in depth critique of the police performance. Frieden (2012) highlights that the rate of criminal activities within the United States has increase by a big 22 percent after almost two ...