Question: Students who wish to earn extra credit in this course may complete the following assignment. The score on this assignment will replace the lowest weekly assignment grade.

Search the Internet and find a criminal justice example of one of the following types of graphic or tabular information for your local area: MY AREA IS CHICAGO

Pie chart

Bar chart

Frequency polygon

Frequency Distribution

Crosstabulation

Histogram

Crime map

Imagine that you are a local law enforcement administrator. Answer the following questions in a 2 to 3 page (double spaced) essay.

What do these data tell you?

If your graph is most relevant to police or correctional officers: How might this data change the direction you give to line level officers about tactics and deployment? If your graph is most relevant to court or to correctional treatment workers: How might this data suggest changes in policy or practice?

What other information might you request to buttress this data and ensure you had the information you needed to make responsible management decisions?

Are there ways in which these data might be misused?

This assignment provides you with the opportunity to put statistical data to work, and to see how it might be utilized in a real-life work environment, such as in the criminal justice field.