Topic : choose one of the following
1. Describe two or more types of effective delinquency prevention programs.
2. What are the principles of the most effective programs to reduce gang delinquency?
(Check out the article by David Kennedy in Newsweek, September 25, 2011, "God, It's Got to Stop.")
3. What can be done to reduce juvenile drug use? Is decriminalization a possible solution?
Textbook for the class
Siegel, Welsh, and Senna. (2014). Juvenile Delinquency: Theory, Practice, and Law (12). Cengage Learning. [ISBN-978-1-285-45840-3]
Format:
should be thoroughly researched and reported. References and sources should be listed in MLA or APA format. The average length paper is two to three pages. You may interview individuals currently employed or retired from the criminal justice system and use them as a reference. All writing assignments must be original work for this course. Do not submit a paper used in another course. Do not cut and paste paragraphs of information into your paper. All source material should be paraphrased in your own words. Short quotations are allowed.