University of California Santa Barbara

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University of California Santa Barbara

• ECONOMICS 240A
• Project II
• Presenting Group3

Josefina Martinez Carrie Koen Ashley
Hedberg Anthony Kasza Evan Nakaro Robert
Gleason Ufuk Sahillioglu
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CRIME RATES

• According to the California Department of
  Corrections crime rates have been decreasing
  since the early 1990s.
• California Department of Corrections defines
  crime in two basic forms
• - Violent Crime
• - Property Crime

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• Our groups interest was to determine if crime
  rate has any statistical relationship with

• California per capita income
• Adult population under state and local
  supervision
• Number of Law Enforcement Officers Employed
• California Yearly Unemployment Rate

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California per capita income (1980-2002)
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Adult population under state and local
supervision (1980-2002)
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Number of Law Enforcement Officers Employed
(1980-2002)
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California Yearly Unemployment Rate (1980-2002)
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Histogram for property crimes
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Histogram for violent crimes
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Histogram for income
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Histogram for prison population
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Histogram for Law enforcement population
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Histogram for unemployment
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CRIME RATES
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Histogram of residuals for Violent Crimes
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Histogram of residuals for Property Crimes
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Income
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