This written assignment requirement is for an examination of the topic below, submitted in APA format. It is expected that, based on the nature of this topic, that a concise yet thorough analysis will take between 5-7 pages of text, in addition to your cover page, abstract, and reference page. A total of 2 external scholarly sources, aside from your required readings, must be cited in support of your position.
Planned Change in Criminal Justice Project
Throughout this course your written assignments will address planned change and program/policy evaluation in the criminal justice system. In a series of six (6) papers you will identify a problem within the criminal justice system; analyze the problem; develop proposed goals and specific outcome objectives; define the target population; design a new program or policy; decide how the program or policy will be implemented; and propose evaluation techniques to assess your programs effectiveness.
There are a number of examples of criminal justice problems discussed throughout your text. You may choose one of these or you may identify an issue currently faced at the local, state or federal level. Your topic does not have to present a criminal justice problem that has never before been addressed, but you do need to incorporate some new ideas on how to implement a program or policy to address the problem. You will need to be as specific as possible in the completion of the stages of this project. However, there will be some topics that you will have to speculate about as, for example, you will not be working with actual budgets or people in the planning process.
Stage 1: Analyzing the Problem
Select a problem of significance relating to crime or criminal justice that you wish to address.
Conduct a problem analysis, using all of the concepts in Chapter 1 of your textbook. Your paper should contain facts and statistics that support your statements/arguments and that demonstrate the nature and cause of the problem.
Using the checklist in the Appendix of the textbook as a guideline, write your Stage 1 Analysis.
Begin thinking about what type of a criminal justice program/policy you will develop to address the problem.
Be sure and examine all of the written assignments for the course so that you understand the organization of this project.
Papers will be graded on how well they address all the elements provided in the Seven-Stage Checklist located in the Appendix of the textbook.
The textbook you will need to use will be Welsh, Wayne N. and Philip Harris. (2016). Criminal Justice Policy and Planning, 5th Ed. Newark, NJ: Lexis Nexis.
Please also view the rubric attached to this assignment.
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