CRJ 305 week 5 DQ 3

Ashford 4: - Week 3 - Discussion 3

Journal Article Review: Policing Crime Prevention Programs

   During this course you will submit three journal article reviews from the   Ashford Online Library. You can use this research in your Final Project, due   in Week Five. The reviews will addresses crime prevention strategies through   one of the following criminal justice system components:

1. Policing Crime Prevention        Programs – policing, schools, community oriented policing  (covered        in Chapter 7 of Crime Prevention)
2. Court Crime Prevention        Programs – the Courts or sentencing (covered in Chapter 8 of Crime Prevention)
3. Corrections Crime Prevention        Programs – corrections, jails and prisons, boot camps, rehabilitation,        or restoration (covered in Chapter 9 of Crime Prevention)

There are journal article reviews   due in Weeks One, Three, and Four. For this week, select an article on a   law-enforcement initiated crime prevention program. In this review, do the   following:

1. Summarize the article. Which        type of crime prevention strategy is being addressed?
2. Identify the key findings and        recommendations.
3. Cite the article in APA        format. Information on APA is available in the Ashford Writing center,        located within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation        toolbar.

Your initial post must be a minimum of 250 words in   length.
 

  Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. After reviewing   your classmates’ journal article reviews, what assumptions need to be made to   incorporate the law enforcement-initiated crime prevention strategy? Does the   law-enforcement initiated crime prevention program cause problems for either   the courts or corrections as part of the overall criminal justice system?