309_Ind5_S1

Name: Greg Lyne

Instructions: Now that your group has decided on an issue, you must demonstrate that there is a problem. You will turn in this research sheet completed with two articles attached that you showed that there is a problem

I. There is a problem in society today. That problem is: The amount of criminals are allowing to walk away from the grief they have caused because we cannot find them. If we create a national fingerprint database many of these issues could be avoided. Although it might initially cost more money to create it will in the long run save money due to less time investigating. .

II. Facts that demonstrate that there is a problem are: (Two articles and bibliography must be attached)

Only 63% percent of murders have been solved since 1980, these numbers could be lowered if a national fingerprint database due to an increased amount of fingerprints to compare to. The from 1999 may be out dated in the terms that the numbers are different but the principle is still the same in that after we created an offenders database solved crimes went up. Since 1995 there are 36 unsolved murders to 0 solved ones in DuPage County alone.

 Works Cited Hargrove, Tom, Elizabeth Lucas, and Jason Bartz. “FBI Murder Statistics.” //WEWS 5 News//. ABC, n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. . Scigliano, Eric. “The Tide of Prints.” //Technology Review//. 1999. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 62-7. //SIRS Issues Researcher//. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. .