Project Assignment
Students will complete a project/paper due at midnight on May P in module 16. Develop a comprehensive crime control strategy for a specific crime problem at a jurisdiction of your choice (county, city, college, security company, etc.). Research and determine a current crime problem. Use the SARA model and create suggestions for new or improved programs. Report your project in a paper of at least 1500 words (not counting cover page, abstract, and reference page) in AM format. Use the textbook, the crime control policies interactive modules, and at least two other sources. Include the following:
• Examine and report on crime statistics and qualitative description of the problem.
• Explain who owns the problem.
• Research and report any existing literature to identify crime prevention strategies that reduced similar problems elsewhere.
• Analyze and report on the criminogenic conditions using environmental theories.
• Include at least one chart, graph, or map to illustrate the crime problem.
• Research and summarize the current law covering the crime in your chosen jurisdiction and offer your opinion of alternative ideas or explain why the current legislation is fine as is.
• Include intervention strategy recommendations for police/city action.
• Include recommendations for adjudication.
• Use terms/lessons from at least five of the interactivities and bold these terms one time in the paper to assist with grading. Cite the interactivity used in the body of the paper and list it on the reference page.
• Show the SARA model in your paper (Scan, Analyze, Respond, and Assess).
• At a minimum, use the following headings in your paper:
o Introduction (Give a thorough description of what you will be covering in your paper)
o Scan (justify through your research that it is a big enough problem to devote the proper resources to)
o Analyze (describe the deep root of the problem)
o Respond (remember to respond to legislation, police, and courts)
o Assess (how you would assess your responses to see if they are working)
o Conclusion (A brief synopsis of the results of your project and what might still need to be considered or investigated further, if anything).