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Learning Objective 3.1 Identify the six different categories of crime

Video Link: Terrorism Threats
Summary: FBI director: U.S. facing greatest threat from terrorist groups since 9/11

Audio Link: Steubenville Teen Rape Case
Summary: NPR Host Melissa Block highlights M. L. Schultze’s reporting on the charges of Steubenville, Ohio, superintendent and  4 other adults, indicated by a special grand jury accused with trying to keep the high-profile rape case, which occurred at an end of summer high school party in 2012, quiet.

Audio Link: Who Are America's 'Homegrown Terrorists'?
Summary: CNN's Peter Bergen describes how the Internet and social media have been used to radicalize and recruit Americans to jihad — and how some new jihadists then use those same tools to draw in others.

Learning Objective 3.2  Compare the differences between the Uniform Crime Reports, the National

Web Link: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime Reports
Summary: Homepage for the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports

Web Link: National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
Summary: Homepage for the Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey

Learning Objective 3.3 Incident-Based Reporting System, and the National Crime Victimization Survey

Video Link: Chicago's 2016 Killings
Summary: Chicago police address conduct. Police acknowledge that "the level of violence is unacceptable."

Learning Objective 3.4 Explain how crime rates are used to understand the prevalence of crime in society

Web Link: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
Summary: Homepage for the  CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System