Crime rate comparison

Write a 1,200-1,500-word paper. Go to the Disaster Center website, www.disastercenter.com/crime/. Review
the crime rate nationally then select links to two different state report. Compare the recent crime rates in those
two states.
Include the following:
Report on the prevalence of the crimes you have examined.
Propose a causal explanation for variation in crime between states, over time, or both.
Predict future outcomes based on the temporal analysis of the variables.
What research design would you propose to test this explanation? Explain.