Chapter 2 In the News

How Crime is Measured and Who It Affects

Measuring crime is difficult. There are many types of crime and several different ways of attempting to measure it. Find a recent news article that features crime statistics.

  1. What types of crime are measured here? Are the offenses national in scope or merely local?
  2. How was the crime measured in this article? Does the article give you enough information to satisfy your curiosity that the crime was measured accurately?
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