Crime Statistics

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This paper selects five cities for a crime-rate comparison: Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Palm Beach County, Florida; Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina; and Austin, Texas. Through an examination of the police websites of these cities, it discusses how, of those cities, Charlotte-Mecklenburg has a much greater incidence of violent crime than the other cities, while Tucson has a greater incidence of property crime than the other cities. It also looks at how Denver's property crime rate is the lowest, while the property crime rate in Denver and Palm Beach County was lower than the other cities, depending on the year. Additionally, the paper looks at how the violent crime rate appears relatively steady in the cities, though Denver saw a tremendous increase in violent crime in the year 2004.

From the Paper:

"The website for the Tucson Police Department contains information on services, employment, crime statistics, and the Most Wanted. It also provides the user with the ability to search the site in a variety of methods. These search methods reveals general statistics, but can also be used to access full incident reports. The website reveals that the Tucson Police Department does utilize crime analysis units. Furthermore, the website shows some of the Tucson crime maps, which reveals that the Tucson Police Department does utilize crime maps. Those maps include: violent crime, property crime, burglary, auto theft, narcotics, domestic violence, and criminal damage. (Tucson Police Department). Compared to the other cities investigated, Tucson had an unusually high property crime rate. However, it is important to note that crime rates are impacted by a variety of factors, including crime-reduction efforts by police and victims, which make it more likely those individual criminal incidents will be reported, causing an apparent increase in the crime rates. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Austin Police Department. "Austin Police Department: Together We Can Make a Difference."
• Austin City Connection. 2007. Austin, Texas. 17 Oct. 2007 <http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/police/>
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. "Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department."
• CharMeck.org. 2007. Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina. 17 Oct. 2007 <http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/CMPD/home.htm?header=www%2ecmpd%2eorg>.
• Denver Police Department. "Welcome to the Denver Police Department. Denver Police

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