Senior Geography Project
| Senior Geography Project | Crime Rate in Broadmeadow | | Grondin, Zachary | 1/1/2013 |
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Contents Geographical Problem 2 Plan of Investigation/Methodology 3 Data Gathering/Processing 4
Geographical Problem
Rationale:
In the weeks leading up to being given the Senior Geography Project, my home got robbed while I was at school. At first I was interested in looking into ‘Break and Enters’, but with further investigation and discussion with my teacher, Mrs Donelly, we decided it would be a great idea to research and investigate across the whole board of crime. I have chosen to pick Broadmeadow for the area, as whilst I got robbed, many other community members got robbed on the same day, by the same person. This area seems relevant to my investigation and should provide some interesting results. The area is also very close to home, so I wouldn’t need to go out of my way to get to the place needed for investigating. The three aims that I have chosen all relate back to the robbery that took place in my home. I want to investigate if this was just coincidence or if this is happening across the whole board. I also want to investigate the security measures people have put into place to counter this criminal activity. Aims of the topic: 1. To investigate the trends in Crime Rate over the last 5 years 2. To investigate the security measures people have put into place 3. To identify major types of crime
Hypotheses: 1. Over the last 5 years, I think that the crime rate has slowly increased, to its peak. On the radio/tv/computer I hear about different robberies daily. I think this trend will have an affect across all of NSW and Australia. 2. In Broadmeadow, I think that people will have similar security measures as one another. I think this would be because of council regulation and what other people in the neighbourhood have recommended. 3. I think that the most common form of crime in the Broadmeadow area
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Contents Geographical Problem 2 Plan of Investigation/Methodology 3 Data Gathering/Processing 4
Geographical Problem
Rationale:
In the weeks leading up to being given the Senior Geography Project, my home got robbed while I was at school. At first I was interested in looking into ‘Break and Enters’, but with further investigation and discussion with my teacher, Mrs Donelly, we decided it would be a great idea to research and investigate across the whole board of crime. I have chosen to pick Broadmeadow for the area, as whilst I got robbed, many other community members got robbed on the same day, by the same person. This area seems relevant to my investigation and should provide some interesting results. The area is also very close to home, so I wouldn’t need to go out of my way to get to the place needed for investigating. The three aims that I have chosen all relate back to the robbery that took place in my home. I want to investigate if this was just coincidence or if this is happening across the whole board. I also want to investigate the security measures people have put into place to counter this criminal activity. Aims of the topic: 1. To investigate the trends in Crime Rate over the last 5 years 2. To investigate the security measures people have put into place 3. To identify major types of crime
Hypotheses: 1. Over the last 5 years, I think that the crime rate has slowly increased, to its peak. On the radio/tv/computer I hear about different robberies daily. I think this trend will have an affect across all of NSW and Australia. 2. In Broadmeadow, I think that people will have similar security measures as one another. I think this would be because of council regulation and what other people in the neighbourhood have recommended. 3. I think that the most common form of crime in the Broadmeadow area