Software Reviews : SHOWCASE: CRIME AND DEVIANCE INNORTHAMERICA,Version 2.0 Reviewed by Gary D. Hill,North Carolina State University Publisher: Cognitive Development,Inc.,Ste. 141,12345 Lake City Way NE,Seattle,WA 98125 (telephone: [phone]) Year of Publication: 1987 Materials: One main diskette,one back-up,25-page user's guide,122-page manual (including codebooks) Price: $195Machine Specificity: ills PC and compatibles with color graphics System Requirements: 128K memory,single 360K disk drive,graphics card Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Abstract

An outstanding instructional software package for use in classes in crime and deviance. With extraordinary user-friendliness, it allows the instructor and/or student to produce color-coded frequency maps, distributions, scatterplots for bivariate regressions, and multiple regressions on up to five independent variables. Seven interesting and well-documented datasets (four U.S., three Canadian) can be modified but are sufficient in themselves.