CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

Criminal Justice Research and Analysis

Criminal Justice Research and Analysis

Introduction

This paper focuses on examining two research questions. First one relates to examining the relationships between total number of prior arrests (PRIARR) for the entire population of felony defendants in the United States and Pennsylvania felony defendants from urban counties. Secondly, it assesses whether males are more likely to commit violent crimes than females or not.

Research Question 1

First research question of the study focuses on examining the relationships between total numbers of prior arrests (PRIARR) for the entire population of felony defendants in the United States to Pennsylvania felony ...