The uniform crime report reported a crime dip in the early 1990’s, where the overall crime rate dropped by over 20%. The following potential factors may have contributed to the crime dip:

• A healthy us economy

• Crime prevention programs

• A decline in domestic violence

• An incarceration binge

• Comp stat and the advent of community policing

• A decline in the crack cocaine epidemic

• abortion rates imagine your agency has been tasked with investigating one of these factors and you have to design an experiment to determine the impact this factor had on the crime dip.

In a paper, explain the following:

1. What factor you chose, and explain why this caught your eye.

2. The design of your study (key variables, what you will measure, what data you will be looking for, etc.).

3. Describe the experimental design you will be using different methods and why you choose to use this experimental design.

4. Explain the sample you will use in your study (who will participate) and how you will recruit them (what sampling technique will you use). Also try to point out one potential limitation involved in the sampling technique you will be using.