Overview
Criminal Gangs
Part 1
Use a digital software presentation program (PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.) to create a 12-slide presentation about an active criminal gang, including the following slide topics:
Title slide
Select an active criminal gang and describe the gang's history.
Describe key members of the gang.
Provide a criminology theory that may explain gang membership/activities.
Perceived benefits of gang membership by gang members.
Perceived detriments of gang membership by gang members.
Describe gang life activities of the gang that occur on a 'daily' basis.
Describe specific crimes in which the gang is involved.
Explain efforts by law enforcement to combat the gang's activities.
Detail efforts by non-law enforcement community members to combat the gang's activities.
Describe potential gang related statutory crimes within the jurisdiction where the gang operates.
Reference slide
Use the GCU Library to locate three to five relevant sources in support of your content, no older than 5 years.
Part II :Police Hot Spots
In your research for this assignment, use official hot spot maps produced by your local police or sheriff's department (no commercial sites) or interview a police officer or sheriff's deputy from the crime analysis unit at their station and ask to see their electronic crime trend information.
Write a 750-1,000-word essay that addresses the following:
1. Discuss the hot spot theories of crime.
2. Describe the "hot 'criminal' spots" in your city or town; provide cross streets and specific area within the city where hot criminal spots are located.
3. Define crime mapping and explain its usefulness to police officials and patrol officers.
4. Utilize the LexisNexis Community Crime Map (located in the Topic 6 Class Resources). Locate a high-density, crime Hot Spot police beat in your area. Describe the areas within the community where crime rates are the highest and the areas where crime rates are the lowest. Be descriptive when explaining the situation. Provide a high low analysis, based on numbers and showing a comparison in different areas.
5. Describe the crime factors of the location you can find: demographics (socioeconomic class, ages of residents, property values) known types of crime, most common crime(s), police or security presence, community activities and involvement, etc.
6. Discuss the time, days of the week, or other factors that may explain why crime is centered on the hot spots you have discovered.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.