Case Studies
3. Production of Crime Statistics
Julie is a senior in high school and is planning her senior trip. She and her friends want to travel to Panama City, Florida, for the vacation. After hearing about the potential location, her mother did a few Google searches to find out more about the city, particularly with regard to the amount of crime it has had. Julie’s mother found the Uniform Crime Reports on the FBI’s web page and noticed that crime rates reported by the UCR for Panama City were very high. She is now very reluctant to allow Julie to go on this trip. She doesn’t want her daughter in a location where there is a lot of criminal activity and wants to try to find a “safer” place for Julie to go.