Statistics Sociology 415.3 Acquaints students with basic concepts and sources of crime analysis data and information. Topics covered include forecasting methods, statistical sampling and measurement, and data production and acquisition issues. The skills developed enable students to conduct an automated on-line search, print or download the data and analyze the data. Students are also able to undertake a hand search of hard copy sources in a standard library and prepare a computer-generated report using conventional word processing.
Skills are applicable to fundamentals, descriptive statistics and research methods.
Rick Blankenship, M.A., CCIA, Crime Analyst, Redding Police Department. Blankenship has been a crime analyst for the past two years. Prior to his current duties, he assisted teaching statistics at the University of Texas at El Paso. He was also an instructor in the United States Air Force for over eight years as a military training instructor and professional military education instructor. He is currently the president of the Northern Valley Crime Analyst Association.