Assignment:
Identify major crime trends and patterns in the United States.
PowerPoint Assignment
For this Assignment, create a narrated PowerPoint presentation about the crime trends in your state. In a minimum of 15 PowerPoint slides (excluding the cover and references slides), addresses the following items:
Your state's homicide numbers from the UCR (which will include not only homicide but non negligent manslaughter) from 1990-2015 (past 25 years)
The rates for those years
Are the rates going up or down? That is, what are the trends?
How does your state's rate compare with the national rate?
What are the causes/patterns of homicide in your state?
PowerPoint Format:
Use the slide notes section in the presentation to include information that follows your narration, being sure to follow the conventions of Standard English.
Slide content should include brief points that identify the areas that will be addressed in the narration.
In-text citations should be included with any brief points that were researched from outside sources and the narration should fully explain the points
Cite all sources on a separate reference slide at the end of the PowerPoint and reference each source in the body of the presentation using APA format.
Identify the source of any pictures you use, being sure to cite them correctly in APA style using in-text citations.