Assignment: Select a Specific Criminal Behavior
The goal of this course is to create a prevention plan for a specific criminal behavior. Throughout the course, you will complete interrelated assignments in each module that build toward the LASA assignment, a prevention plan.
The first step toward this end is to identify a specific criminal behavior for which you will develop a prevention program. The first chapter of the textbook describes a variety of criminal behavior problems, such as status crimes, juvenile offenders, and drug abuse.
Once you select the criminal behavior, you should do a preliminary literature search to ensure that you will have ready access to scholarly resources.
Create a 2- to 3-page paper describing your selected criminal behavior. You must consider the following when creating your paper:
• Describe the criminal behavior in detail, including any research you have found on the origins or development of this behavior (in approximately 1 page).
• Discuss the specific target area you want to address in the problem (in approximately 1 paragraph).
• Describe the specific group you want to focus on from among those affected by the criminal problem, i.e., juveniles, women, etc.
• Describe the possible prevention and intervention ideas (in approximately 1 page).
• Discuss research support for the effectiveness of your proposed prevention or intervention ideas (in approximately 2-3 paragraphs).
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.