The SMART System of the US Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) makes a wide range of data available to anyone interested in and professionals involved in identifying, halting, or preventing juvenile delinquency.

Let’s say that you represent an organization in Pennsylvania that is working to curb juvenile crime, and you’re going to use the SMART System to apply for a grant relating poverty to crime. Register with the SMART system, then press the Mapping and Analysis button (no search text is required) and choose Pennsylvania > Counties. Then choose the ‘Economic’ indicators that will help you answer the following questions:

1. Using the map, what County in Southeastern Pennsylvania sticks out as having a disproportionately high percentage of children living in poverty?

2. What three counties have the highest percentage of families living in poverty (use most recent indicator data)?

3. Using the appropriate ‘Crime’ indicators, answer the following question: Name the three counties reporting the highest juvenile crime rate.

Be the first to send an email with all three correct answers to info@azavea.com and we will send you a $20 gift card to Barnes & Noble!