Combating Juvenile Delinquency: the Internet and Strayer databases to research your community’s current efforts to deter
criminology
Description
Assignment 1: Combating Juvenile Delinquency
Due Week 7 and worth 120 points
Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research your
community’s current efforts to deter or prevent juvenile delinquency through
incarceration programs or other sanctions.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
1. Identify
at least two (2) juvenile delinquency reduction efforts / programs currently in
operation in your community.
2. Determine
the main sociological theories underlying these interventions that shape your
community’s public policy for delinquency prevention.
3. Propose
one to two (1–2) ideas that you believe would improve your community’s juvenile
delinquency prevention efforts. Justify the response with examples that
illustrate your ideas being used successfully in other communities.
4. Use
at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar
websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
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This course requires use of new Strayer
Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer
University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for
details.
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Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or
school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions.
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Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover
page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page
length.
