crime statistics

data set

Organized information collection

• variablesChangeable elements in equations
• correlationStatistical relationship measure
• regressionReturn to former state

trends · outliers · sampling · standard deviation · methodology · reporting · underreporting · per capita · rate · index

poverty

Severe lack of resources

• inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
• urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
• demographicsStatistical population characteristics

socioeconomics · unemployment · deprivation · neighborhood · disadvantage · opportunity · education · recidivism · incarceration rate · racial disparity

prevention

Stopping something before occurring

• policingEnforcing laws officially
• enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
• reformImprove by correcting faults

legislation · funding · intervention · deterrence · sentencing · rehabilitation · community policing · broken windows · zero tolerance · allocation

spike

Sharp rise or point

• surgeSudden powerful increase
• declineDecrease or refuse
• uptickSlight increase

decrease · increase · fluctuation · wave · peak · trough · cycle · seasonality · pattern · year-over-year

fear

Emotional response to threat

• media coverageReporting by news outlets
• sensationalismOverhyped news coverage
• awarenessState of perceiving reality

misperception · distrust · outrage · anxiety · discourse · narrative · headline · moral panic · bias · overestimation

• state statisticspopulation data, population, demographic data, demographics, economic data
• factsfacts, fact, datum, data, detail
• public informationnews, public records, weather, census data, court records
• civic datacensus figures, demographics, population, median income, poverty rates
• government documentswhite paper, laws, federal records, gazette, constitutions
• government statisticsGDP, unemployment rates, demographics, census reports, poverty rates