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Combating Juvenile Delinquency
Introduction
- In this assignment, you will recommend improvements to a juvenile delinquency prevention program. A link to an example assignment follows the assignment instructions.
Instructions
- Use county, state, or federal Internet resources to research your community’s current efforts to deter or prevent juvenile delinquency through detention programs or other sanctions. Note: If you cannot find information on juvenile delinquency prevention efforts in your community, choose a larger community nearby.
- Write a full 3 page paper in which you:
A.) Provide a detailed and well-researched description of two juvenile delinquency reduction efforts or programs currently in operation in the community.
- For example: Boys and Girls Clubs, Pace Center for Girls, Outward Bound.
B.) Provide a detailed and well-researched description of the main sociological theories that underlie the interventions that shape a community’s public policy for delinquency prevention.
- For example: Strain, Conflict, Labeling.
- Describe in detail two ideas for improving a community’s juvenile delinquency prevention efforts, citing examples to illustrate the successful implementation of those ideas in other communities.
C.) Support your writing with at least three credible, relevant, and appropriate sources.
- Cite each source on your source list at least once within your assignment.
- Format your citations.
D.) Write clearly and concisely in a manner that is well organized, grammatically correct, and free of spelling, typographical, formatting, and/or punctuation errors.
- The following example is provided to help you with this assignment:
Note: The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
- Recommend improvements to a juvenile delinquency prevention program