City to research: Columbus, Georgia or Atlanta, GeorgiaDesign a study to examine the effect of crime...

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City to research: Columbus, Georgia or Atlanta, Georgia

Design a study to examine the effect of crime on your community from both a quantitative and qualitative approach. Your study proposal should be 3–5 pages long and must include the following:

Choose a particular crime that is present in your community. Identify what is not yet known about the relationship between that particular crime and its effect on the community.

Formulate a research question that you could explore in a research study. Your question should be an extension of current research.

Select a population and a sampling technique to use for the research proposal. Describe the target population (including size of the population and other demographic and socioeconomic conditions, if known) and how you plan to sample it or whether you plan to use existing data.

Define your research variables (independent and dependent). Provide conceptual definitions of the key variables you need to measure.

Explain/ how you would measure each variable.

Identify survey instrument (if used): a list of survey questions that you would need to ask (if you plan to conduct a survey). If you choose existing data, be sure to provide evidence of reliability and validity and a description of the sample, concepts, and measures used in the original study. Also identify any limitations of the existing data.

Provide a description of mixed-methods approach taken.

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Running Head: EFFECT OF CRIME ON ATLANTA, GEORGIA	1
EFFECT OF CRIME ON ATLANTA, GEORGIA	2
EFFECT OF CRIME ON ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Table of Contents
1. Background about the Chosen Crime	3
2. Research Questions	3
3. Population and Sampling Technique	3
4. Research Variables	4
5. Measurement of the Variables	4
6. Survey Instrument	4
7. Mixed Research Methodology	5
References	6
Appendix— Survey Questions	7
1. Background about the Chosen Crime
	The community selected for the study is Atlanta, Georgia. The situation of the gang crimes in Atlanta is getting worse. Over the past six years, when the rate of other crimes declined, the number of gangs and gang crimes are increasing in the city. The crime rate of Atlanta is 58 per one thousand residents. It is highest crime rate city in the America (AJC, 2018). 
	According to a news report, Atlanta is the sixth most dangerous US city, as it has become the point for the transit of the drug. There are more than 1000 separate gangs in the city and around 33,000 gang members. One of the important things that people of city needs to understand that most of the crimes in the city is associated with the gang crimes, whether it is petty theft and credit card fraud or heinous crime such as violent crime and drug dealing. These gang crimes make the city worst and unsafe to live (Forbes, 2020). 
2. Research Questions
· What are the major crimes occur in the city?
· Are these crimes done by gang members?
· Are there any major gangs, which rule the city?
· What is the impact of gangs on the safety of people living in the city?
· Are there any gang wars in the city, which makes the life of people in the city difficult?
3. Population and Sampling Technique
The population would be the people of Atlanta, Georgia. The sample size selected in 100. All the people selected are resident of the city. They age between 21 and 50. Sample population includes people belonging to different ethnicity, religion and cultures.

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