Visit Twitter (Links to an external site.) and click on the little magnifying glass on the top
of the screen to reveal the search box to search Twitter. Then do the following:
In the search box, type the words crime prevention, and click “Enter” on your keyboard to initiate a Twitter
search.
Scroll down the page and review some of the tweets that mention the term crime prevention. Choose two
tweets that interest you that relate to a crime prevention program, law enforcement approach to crime
prevention, research on crime prevention, etc. Please choose different tweets than those your classmates have
chosen. Therefore, you may want to complete this activity early in the week to avoid duplicating your
classmates’ chosen tweets.
Share the links to the tweets in the discussion board. See below for further instructions on what to include in
your discussion.
If you do not have a Twitter account, simply click on the tweet and copy and paste the URL for the tweet. Share
the link on the discussion board. See below for further instructions on what to include in your discussion.
In addition to the links to the two tweets you chose, please address the following in your discussion:
Overall, what did you observe in reviewing the tweets from the Twitter search term “crime prevention?” For
example, which agencies were tweeting about crime prevention? Were they primarily in the United States or
abroad? Based on your review of the recent tweets (in the past six months), do you think that the United States
seems to be focused on promoting crime prevention?
What specific topics in crime prevention did you find on Twitter? Were they regarding crime prevention
research, theory, and/or practice?
If you were to tweet to your U.S. senators about the topic of crime prevention, what would you say?
(Remember that you can use only 140 characters or less on Twitter so be clever in your “tweet” to your
senators
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