Assignment 2: LASA 1: Centervale’s Delinquency Prevention Program
Assignment 2: LASA 1:
Centervale’s Delinquency Prevention Program
Here’s What Happened . . .
Recently
juvenile delinquency has become a hot topic in the city of Centervale.
Compared to last year, official data indicates an increase in status
offenses, especially truancy and curfew. Additionally, the Centervale police
department reports a consistent three-year increase in minor arrests for
larceny, vandalism, assault, and unlawful entry. It appears that incidents
involving female juveniles are rapidly increasing while there is a steady
increase in male juvenile related incidents.
Anecdotally,
the general sentiment of Centervale citizens is that children are out of
control. The local newspaper regularly receives letters to the editor
complaining about juveniles loitering, spraying graffiti, and causing general
mischief. Although the city has run a juvenile court, a diversion program,
community corrections, and probation for some time, it has never undertaken a
program that specifically targets juvenile delinquency prevention.
Feeling
pressure from local civic organizations and sensing the frustration of the
population in general, the mayor has asked you to devise a realistic and
economic program to address Centervale’s juvenile delinquency problem.
Here’s What You Need to Do . . .
Create
a Community Initiative Program that will attempt to reduce and prevent
juvenile delinquency in Centervale. Using APA in-text citations to cite
external sources that link to corresponding references on a separate page,
compose your 5–7 page proposal based on the following questions:
·
The Mayor has indicated that reducing
and preventing truancy, larceny or theft, and underage drinking are the
city’s top priorities.
·
Choose one of these target issues as
your program’s focus.
·
Select a target
population—individual, family, community, or society—and discuss your
analysis for determining why this issue is a problem, then create an outline
with a minimum of three specific goals for your program.
·
Building upon a foundation of current
trends in juvenile justice and research on juvenile delinquency, discuss how
the goals of your program are consistent with current trends and your
research findings. Compare similar successful programs and suggest ways to
improve on an area of limitation.
·
Summarize a theory of juvenile
delinquency and discuss how it specifically addresses your selected target
issue. Critically evaluate the theory and provide examples of how the theory
demonstrates the concepts proposed in your program.
·
Describe the implementation of the
program and any anticipated limitations.
·
Briefly describe how the program will
be evaluated. Use external sources as your guide, explain how the program’s
success will be measured, and describe new actions that will demonstrate
program success to the mayor and citizens of Centervale.
