Senior project of seventeen to nineteen-page document: This is a senior thesis which explains the results of a project. The document must have a title page and reference page with appropriate APA citations. Double space, questionnaire must include survey with experimental group and control group, variables, hypotheses, problem, summary of the research, literature review The primary book is Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, sixth edition JUS-640 Topic 1 Crime Pattern Chart Scoring Guide Assignment Instructions: Create a chart analyzing crime patterns. Look at the seven types of crime patterns in Chapter 9 of the textbook. Research crimes (preferably in the local news). Select crime stories that correspond to each of the crime patterns. Grading Criteria Points Comments Explain how each crime fits that specific crime pattern type; cite sources to support analysis. 0/20 How could the information about the crime, as well as what you know about the crime pattern, be used to solve the crime? If a crime in the stories has already been solved, how was the information about the crime and the crime pattern used to solve it? 0/20 What kind of leads can you deduce from each one of the crimes? 0/15 If any of the stories you are analyzing involve multiple crimes, what common characteristics do they share? 0/10 Be sure to cite three to five relevant scholarly sources in support of your content. Use only sources found at the GCU Library, government websites, or those provided in Topic Materials. 0/15 While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. 0/10 Total 0/90 ©2018. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved. Types of Patterns As discussed in Chapter 3, a crime pattern is a group of two or more crimes reported to or discovered by the police that is treated as one unit of analysis because (1) the crimes share one or more key commonalities that make them notable and distinct, (2) there is no known relationship between victim and offender, and (3) the criminal activity is typically of limited duration (IACA, 2011b). The International Association of Crime Analysts (2011b) categorizes crime patterns into seven main types, both to structure the identification of patterns and to provide a common language for communication about patterns within police departments and their communities. The following are definitions of the seven types according to the IACA (2011b, pp. 3–4): Series is a group of similar crimes thought to be committed by the same individual or group of individuals acting in concert. Examples: Four commercial arsons citywide in which a black male between the ages of 45 and 50 wearing yellow sweatpants, a black hooded sweatshirt, and a yellow “Yankees” cap was observed leaving t.

1. Senior project of seventeen to nineteen-page document:
This is a senior thesis which explains the results of a project.
The document must have a title page and reference page with
appropriate APA citations. Double space, questionnaire must
include survey with experimental group and control group,
variables, hypotheses, problem, summary of the research,
literature review
The primary book is Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association, sixth edition
JUS-640 Topic 1 Crime Pattern Chart
Scoring Guide
Assignment Instructions:
Create a chart analyzing crime patterns.
Look at the seven types of crime patterns in Chapter 9 of the
textbook.
Research crimes (preferably in the local news). Select crime
stories that correspond to each of the crime patterns.
Grading Criteria
Points
Comments
Explain how each crime fits that specific crime pattern type;
cite sources to support analysis.
0/20
How could the information about the crime, as well as what you
know about the crime pattern, be used to solve the crime? If a
crime in the stories has already been solved, how was the
information about the crime and the crime pattern used to solve
it?
0/20

2. What kind of leads can you deduce from each one of the crimes?
0/15
If any of the stories you are analyzing involve multiple crimes,
what common characteristics do they share?
0/10
Be sure to cite three to five relevant scholarly sources in
support of your content. Use only sources found at the GCU
Library, government websites, or those provided in Topic
Materials.
0/15
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment,
solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and
references should be presented using APA documentation
guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located
in the Student Success Center.
0/10
Total
0/90
©2018. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
Types of Patterns
As discussed in Chapter 3, a crime pattern is a group of two or
more crimes reported to or discovered by the police that is
treated as one unit of analysis because (1) the crimes share one
or more key commonalities that make them notable and distinct,
(2) there is no known relationship between victim and offender,
and (3) the criminal activity is typically of limited duration
(IACA, 2011b). The International Association of Crime
Analysts (2011b) categorizes crime patterns into seven main

3. types, both to structure the identification of patterns and to
provide a common language for communication about patterns
within police departments and their communities. The following
are definitions of the seven types according to the IACA
(2011b, pp. 3–4):
Series is a group of similar crimes thought to be committed by
the same individual or group of individuals acting in concert.
Examples: Four commercial arsons citywide in which a black
male between the ages of 45 and 50 wearing yellow sweatpants,
a black hooded sweatshirt, and a yellow “Yankees” cap was
observed leaving the commercial structures immediately after
the fire alarm was triggered; five home invasion–style robberies
involving two to three white males in their 20s wearing
stockings over their faces, displaying a silver, double-barreled
shotgun, and driving a red 2000 to 2010 Honda Civic.
Spree is a specific type of series characterized by high
frequency of criminal activity within a remarkably short time
frame, to the extent that the activity appears almost continuous.
Examples: A rash of thefts from autos at a parking garage over
the course of 1 hour; multiple apartments in a high-rise building
burglarized during daytime hours on a single day.
Hot prey refers to a group of crimes, committed by one or more
individuals, involving victims who share similar physical
characteristics and/or engage in similar behavior. Examples:
five home invasion robberies of new immigrant Asian families
occurring throughout the city over 6 weeks; seven fraudulent
check scams targeting elderly victims over 1 week; 10
robberies, committed by different offenders, of intoxicated
persons walking home alone from the bars on the weekend over
2 months.
Hot spot refers to a group of similar crimes committed by one
or more individuals at locations within close proximity to one
another (IACA, 2011b); it is also called a micro-time hot spot
(Santos & Santos, 2015d). It is important to more clearly
differentiate micro-time hot spots from long-term or macro-time
hot spots (i.e., problem areas) since the micro-time hot spot is

4. the most common type of pattern identified by crime analysts.
Thus, a micro-time hot spot is the emergence of several closely
related crimes within a few minutes’ travel distance from one
another (i.e., micro-place) that occurs within a relatively short
period of time (i.e., micro-time)—a crime “flare-up” (Santos &
Santos, 2015c). Examples: four daytime burglaries over the past
2 weeks at a suburban residential subdivision, with no notable
similarities in method of entry or known suspects; 10
commercial burglaries over the course of 3 weeks at businesses
located within a 0.5-mile radius during overnight hours.
Hot setting refers to a group of similar crimes committed by one
or more individuals that are primarily related by type of place
where the crimes occurred. Examples: seven late-night robberies
of 24-hour convenience stores throughout the city by different
offenders over 2 weeks; five burglaries of duplex homes
adjacent to the same abandoned railway bed over a single
weekend; 10 thefts from commercial vans/trucks parked at night
in residential neighborhoods over 3 weeks.
Hot place refers to a group of similar crimes committed by one
or more individuals at the same location. Examples: a local
movie theatre that has experienced 10 thefts from auto, three
incidents of graffiti on the building, and two strong-arm
robberies in the parking lot over the course of 1 month; an
apartment community that has experienced two stranger-on-
stranger sexual assaults, one drug-related shooting, and five
residential burglaries within 3 weeks.
Hot product refers to a group of crimes committed by one or
more individuals in which a unique type of property is targeted
for theft. Clarke (1999) coined this term, defining hot products
as “those consumer items that are most attractive to thieves” (p.
23). Examples: four thefts of handguns taken out of vehicles at
residential and commercial places in 2 weeks; 15 burglaries of
vacant homes and construction sites in which only copper
wiring and piping was taken over 6 weeks; 10 thefts of laptops
and smartphones occurring across one college campus during
the first month of school.

5. It is important to note that these pattern types are not mutually
exclusive (i.e., a pattern can be more than one type). However,
when deciding which to assign to a pattern of crimes, the type
with the most specificity should be chosen. For example, if a
pattern is identified in which the same suspect is robbing
convenience stores, it is both a series and a hot setting. The
analyst would title it as a series because that title provides more
specific information about the pattern in that the same suspect
is more specific than the same type of place