– Read this online article. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/03/5-facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/ (Links to an external site.)
– Research online on your own and read about the decline in U.S. murder rates over the past 20 years in the.
– You must find reputable sources online, which means staying away from any websites that are trying to sell services or based on a set of opinions. You will know if the source is academic in nature if the article sites sources in a list of references or a bibliography.
– After you find a couple of sources or articles and do your brief reading/research, write a 1-2-page paper summarizing the research you have found.
– Explain why murder rates are on the decline WITHOUT using increased incarceration rates or improved policing as reasons for this decline. There are a lot of opinion articles and funded studies used to support the need for an increased police or corrections effort that can skew the understanding of this data
– Use a bibliography to cite your sources.
