So for the warm up today, you are going to prepare 3 'verbal reports' which you will be able to read to the class at the end of the warm up. Each report is going to tell the class about a crime graph of your choosing.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (part of the DOJ) is a government agency that collects and reports on crime data from the country. You will pick three specific crimes, and be able to tell the class about each one.
So you will choose your graph to talk about, so here are some ideas on ways you can talk about a graph:
- You can talk about the overall trend in the last 30 years
- talk about any major dips or spikes, when did they happen and for how long
- if there are multiple groups shown on the graph (and many do) how are the groups different or similar
- you can talk about if this is something you would expect or not...
- and so on
There are a lot of ways to tell people about a graph, and the goal here is to help them interperate the information. You will write three seperate 'verbal reports' on three seperate graphs.
Last but not least, the Bureau of Justice Statistics Key Facts by Crime Type.
Good luck.
