CRJ 240 MODULE 7 HOMEWORK

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Directions: Read the questions below and write a response. Your answer to each question should be at least the requested length that is specified in each prompt.

1. Go to the U.S. Department of Justice website (www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/184744.pdf) and read the article on Juvenile Drug Court programs. Write a narrative one page in length answering the following questions: What are juvenile drug courts? What are the goals of juvenile drug courts? What are the key elements of a juvenile drug court program?

2. Perform the following tasks and write a narrative that is at least two pages in length.

• Step 1: Conduct research about youth gangs in your local area. If your local community does not have a gang problem, you can identify a different community close to you.

• Step 2: Explain the following about youth gangs:

o How youth gangs have changed in last decades.

o The statistics of gangs in the United States and in your local area.

o Important facts about the structure of youth gangs.

o Stages of gang development in communities.

o What communities can do to prevent and control gangs.